04089nam 2200637 a 450 991096384530332120251116180940.01-61277-179-3(CKB)2550000001038784(EBL)3119629(SSID)ssj0000836323(PQKBManifestationID)12428086(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836323(PQKBWorkID)11014559(PQKB)10013981(MiAaPQ)EBC3119629(Au-PeEL)EBL3119629(CaPaEBR)ebr10657709(CaONFJC)MIL561555(OCoLC)868286188(BIP)43283062(BIP)47601154(EXLCZ)99255000000103878419980209d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar by revolution Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the era of World War I /Donald M. McKale1st ed.Kent, Ohio Kent State University Press19981 online resource (356 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87338-602-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Maps ""; ""Abbreviations ""; ""1. Introduction: Britain, Germany, and the Middle East, 1871�1904 ""; ""2. The Specter of Muslim Unrest and German Support, 1905�1914 ""; ""3. Germany as Wartime ""Revolutionary,"" Fall 1914 ""; ""4. The Thickening Plot and Holy War, Fall 1914 ""; ""5. Failed Expectations on Both Sides, 1915 ""; ""6. The German Threat on the Periphery, 1915 ""; ""7. A Sense of Crisis on Both Sides, Fall 1915 ""; ""8. Britain as Wartime ""Revolutionary"": The Arab Revolt, 1916 """"9. Toward an Allied Victory, 1917 """"10. Epilogue: The War's End, 1918 ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index """Professor McKale's book is a careful and comprehensive study based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, some of which have only recently been declassified. The author describes in some detail how British and German policies in the Middle East involved the native tribes in the First World War and the impact these policies had on the final peace settlements. Students of the First World War and the Middle East will find this an important contribution to the literature of the period." --George O. Kent, professor emeritus, University of Maryland at College Park German leaders believed that in the event of a war among European powers, they could organize and exploit a unified Islam. In addition to providing military assistance to the Ottomans, they collaborated with the Turks in appealing to pan-Islamism to stoke the fire of native Muslim revolts against the British in Egypt and India, and they inflamed anti-British passions in the Turkish provinces of Arabia and Mesopotamia and in Libya, Abyssinia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Key British leaders panicked after defeats at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia, They feared pan-Islamism and a "holy war" directed against Britain's control of Muslim lands and its rule in India. At the war's end, Britain and France purposely destroyed the Turkish Empire and divided its former lands among themselves and the Arabs.World War, 1914-1918Diplomatic historyMiddle EastForeign relationsGermanyMiddle EastForeign relationsGreat BritainGermanyForeign relationsMiddle EastGreat BritainForeign relationsMiddle EastGreat BritainForeign relationsGermanyGermanyForeign relationsGreat BritainWorld War, 1914-1918Diplomatic history.940.3/2McKale Donald M.1943-1787701MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963845303321War by revolution4478164UNINA