Syria in World War I

Politics, economy, and society
Herausgeber: Çiçek, M Talha

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over the wartime period, millions of people across the Empire died as a result of warfare, epidemics, famines and massacres. However, for the Ottoman leaders their entry into the war was not just a response to a life-or-death struggle, but rather presented them with an opportunity to transform the empire into a new type of state. Syria in World War I brings together leading scholars working with original Turkish, Arabic, Armenian and German sources, to present a comprehensive examination of this key period in Syria's history. Together, the chapters demonstrate how the war represented a radical break from the past for the Syrian lands, which underwent crucial political, economic, social and cultural transformations. It contextualises various facets of the then Unionist ruler of Syria, Djemal Pasha, as well as exploring the impact of the Ottoman leaders' divergent policies on the Syrian lands and people, which would undergo a series of political, economic and ecological catastrophes whose traces are still evident in the region's collective memory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138944541
• ISBN-10: 1138944548
• Artikelnr.: 43020681

Autorenporträt

M. Talha Çiçek is an assistant professor at the Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey, and the author of War and State Formation in Syria (Routledge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION M. Talha Çiçek Chapter 1: Myth of the Unionist Triumvirate:
the Formation of the CUP Factions and their Impact in Syria during the
Great War M. Talha Çiçek Chapter 2: Muhammad Kurd Ali and the
Syrian-Palestinian Intelligentsia in the Ottoman Campaign against Arab
Separatism Salim Tamari Chapter 3: A Propaganda Tour Organized by Djemal
Pasha: The Arab Literati's Visit to the Gallipoli Front, 18 - 23 October
1915 Ayhan Aktar Chapter 4: 'We will treat you as we did with the
Armenians': Djemal Pasha, Zionism and the evacuation of Jaffa, April 1917.
Roberto Mazza Chapter 5: The Ottoman Government and the Zionist Movement
during the First Months of World War I Hilmar Kaiser Chapter 6: Fragments
of Wartime Memories from Syria and Lebanon Najwa al-Qattan Chapter 7:
Economy, Environment, and Famine: World War I from the Perspective of the
Syrian Interior Elizabeth Williams Chapter 8: Shukru Bey and the Armenian
Deportations in the Fall of 1915 Hilmar Kaiser