02970nam 22006254a 450 991045186990332120200520144314.01-280-75919-40-19-153696-21-4294-2193-2(CKB)1000000000468281(EBL)422568(OCoLC)437108846(SSID)ssj0000270381(PQKBManifestationID)11208416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270381(PQKBWorkID)10262183(PQKB)10833445(MiAaPQ)EBC422568(Au-PeEL)EBL422568(CaPaEBR)ebr10160525(CaONFJC)MIL75919(EXLCZ)99100000000046828120050912d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWestern imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958[electronic resource] /D.K. FieldhouseOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (395 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-928737-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-357) and index.Pt. 1. Before the mandates, 1900-1922 -- The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the 'Arab Awakening' before 1914 -- War and the partition of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1922 -- Pt. 2. Alien rule and nationalist reactions, 1918-1958 -- Britain in Mesopotamia/Iraq, 1918-1958 -- Palestine : Zionism and the genesis of the mandate -- Palestine : the British mandate, 1918-1948 -- Transjordan, 1918-1956 -- Syria and the French, 1918-1946 -- Lebanon and the French, 1918-1946 -- Pt. 3. Conclusions.The Middle East is constantly in the news and is a major focus for international conflict. This book attempts to explain why this is so. It covers the crucial period after 1914, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France, ending in 1958, when the Iraqi revolution finally ended British influence in the region. It describes both British and French policies and the reactions of Arabs and Jews. - ;The term 'Fertile Crescent' is commonly used as shorthand for the group of territories extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Here it is assumed toMandatesImperialismAnti-imperialist movementsMiddle EastMiddle EastHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Mandates.Imperialism.Anti-imperialist movements956/.0315.75bclFieldhouse D. K(David Kenneth),1925-978376MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451869903321Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-19582229647UNINA