Elie Kedouri

In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth

The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations 1914-1939

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The McMahon-Husayn correspondence has been at the heart of Anglo-Arab relations since World War I. It aroused great controversy, particularly over Palestine. Here, it is examined in historical context to determine why it was so obscure and what lay in the minds of those who drafted it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780714681399
• ISBN-10: 0714681393
• Artikelnr.: 21151046

Autorenporträt

Elie Kedouri

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The quicksand: Cairo, London and the Sharif of Mecca; Kitchener, Grey and the Arab Question; mysteries of the McMahon
Husayn correspondence. Part 2 The flay in the fly
bottle: Husayn interprets McMahon's promises, 1916
17; Sykes, Picot and Husayn; Wingate, Hogarth and Husayn; varieties of official historiography I
the Arab Bureau, Nicholson, Toynbee; the correspondence in the peace
settlement
Faysal and Young; varieties of official historiography II
the Colonial Office, McMahon, Childs; the Foreign Office wrestles with the correspondence
Baggallay's hour. Epilogue: knowledge, power and guilt. Appendix: in the Anglo
Arab labyrinth
genesis of a history.