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Empires of the sand : the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923

'Empires of the Sand' offers a bold and comprehensive reinterpretation of the struggle for mastery in the Middle East during the long 19th century (1789-1923)
Print Book, English, 2001
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed., 2001 View all formats and editions
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001
History
409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780674005419, 9780674251526, 0674005414, 0674251520
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Riding the Napoleonic storms
The Greek tinderbox
Muhammad Ali's imperial dream
Losing Egypt
Out of Europe
The young Turks in power
The Ottoman road to war
The entente's road to war
The lust for glory
Genocide in Armenia
Repression in the holy land
Istanbul and the Arabs
The "great Arab revolt"
Hussein's imperial bid
Dividing the bear's skin
The Balfour declaration
The undoing of the Sykes-Picot agreement
Losing Syria
A kingdom for Faisal
And one for Abdullah
From empire to nation
Originally published: 1999