Empires of the Sand
The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
Efraim Karsh
Inari Karsh
Introduction
Part One Imperial Sunset
1. Riding the Napoleonic Storms
2. The Greek Tinderbox
3. Muhammad Ali's Imperial Dream
4. Losing Egypt
5. Out of Europe
6. The Young Turks in Power
Part Two Demise of the "Sick Man"
7. The Ottoman Road to War
8. The Entente's Road to War
9. The Lust for Glory
10. Genocide in Armenia
11. Repression in the Holy Land
12. Istanbul and the Arabs
13. The "Great Arab Revolt"
14. Hussein's Imperial Bid
15. Dividing the Bear's Skin
Part Three: Unite and Rule
16. The Balfour Declaration
17. The Undoing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
18. Losing Syria
19. A K ngdom for Faisal
20. And One for Abdullah
21. From Empire to Nation
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Index


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