LEADER 03564nam 22005651 450 001 9910818099103321 005 20180129095613.0 010 $a0-7556-0910-7 010 $a0-85772-700-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755609109 035 $a(CKB)3710000000615761 035 $a(EBL)4444006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4444006 035 $a(OCoLC)1140129499 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264588 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000615761 100 $a20200131h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerica's forgotten Middle East initiative $ethe King-Crane Commission of 1919 /$fAndrew Patrick 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 225 1 $aInternational library of twentieth century history ;$v80 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78831-455-7 311 $a1-78453-274-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-308) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Backdrop of the King-Crane Commission -- Paris Peace Conference 1 : the idea of a commission -- Paris Peace Conference 2 : topsy-turvydom -- Pre-journey opinions -- Istanbul and Palestine -- Syria and Lebanon -- Istanbul, Paris and the recommendations -- Accounting for the differences 1 : the ability to become modern -- Accounting for a the differences 2 : the King-Crane Commission and Wilsonian ideals -- Conclusion. 330 $a"Sent to the Middle East by Woodrow Wilson to ascertain the viability of self-determination in the disintegrating Ottoman Empire, the King-Crane Commission of 1919 was America's first foray into the region. The commission's controversial recommendations included the rejection of the idea of a Jewish state in Syria, US intervention in the Middle East and the end of French colonial aspirations. The Commission's recommendations proved inflammatory, even though its counsel on the question of the Palestinian mandate was eventually disregarded by Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau in favour of their own national interests. In the ensuing years, the Commission's dismissal of claims by Zionist representatives like David Ben-Gurion on their 'right to Palestine' proved particularly divisive, with some historians labeling it prophetic and accurate, and others arguing that Commission members were biased and ill-informed. Here, in the first book-length analysis of the King-Crane report in nearly 50 years, Andrew Patrick chronicles the history of early US involvement in the region, and challenges extant interpretations of the turbulent relationship between the United States and the Middle East."--Bloomsbury publishing. 410 0$aInternational library of twentieth century history ;$v80. 606 $aMandates$zMiddle East 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xTerritorial questions$zMiddle East 606 $a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000$2BIC 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 615 0$aMandates 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xTerritorial questions 615 7$a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. 676 $a327.73056 700 $aPatrick$b Andrew$01190161 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818099103321 996 $aAmerica's forgotten Middle East initiative$93976936 997 $aUNINA