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The Middle East in the twentieth century
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The Middle East in the twentieth century

Author: Martin Sicker
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martin Sicker
ISBN: 0275968936 9780275968939
OCLC Number: 44860930
Description: vi, 293 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Britain and the Arabs, 1914-20 -- Britain, France, and the Zionists, 1914-20 -- The Palestine quagmire, 1920-39 -- The emergence of Transjordan, 1920-28 -- France, Syria, and the emergence of Lebanon, 1920-36 -- Britain and Iraq, 1918-39 -- Transition in the Arabian peninsula, 1910-36 -- The British protectorate in Egypt, 1914-38 -- Turmoil in transcaucasia, 1917-21 -- Developments in Iran, 1914-37 -- The World War II period, 1939-45 -- The geopolitics of oil, 1914-47 -- Prelude to the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1945-48 -- The first Arab-Israeli war and its aftermath, 1948-52 -- The Suez crisis, 1951-57 -- The Nasserist era, 1952-67 -- Inter-Arab rivalry and the 1967 War -- The torturous road to Camp David, 1967-79 -- Crisis and conflict in Lebanon, 1970-85 -- Conflict in the Persian Gulf region, 1973-99 -- At century's end.
Responsibility: Martin Sicker.

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