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

Efraim Karsh is Professor and Director of the Mediterranean Studies Program at King's College, London.

Inari Karsh is a scholar of Middle East history and politics.