A peace to end all peace: the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern Middle East [Second Holt paperbacks edition] 9781429988520, 1429988525
Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was create
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English Pages xi, 643 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps Year 2010;2009
Table of contents :
Introduction --
PART I: AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY: The last days of old Europe --
The legacy of the great game in Asia --
The Middle East before the war --
The young Turks urgently seek an ally --
Winston Churchill on the eve of war --
Churchill seizes Turkey's warships --
An intrigue at the sublime porte --
PART II: KITCHENER OF KHARTOUN LOOKS AHEAD: Kitchener takes command --
Kitchener's lieutenants --
Kitchener sets out to capture Islam --
India protests --
The man in the middle --PART III: BRITAIN IS DRAWN INTO THE MIDDLE EASTERN QUESTION: The Turkish commanders almost lose the war --
Kitchener allows Britain to attack Turkey --
On to victory at the Dardanelles --
Russia's grab for Turkey --
Defining Britain's goals in the Middle East --
At the narrows of fortune --
The warriors --
The politicians --
The light that failed --
Creating the Arab bureau --
Making promises to the Arabs --
Making promises to the European allies --
Turkey's triumph at the Tigris --
PART IV: SUBVERSION: Behind enemy lines --
Kitchener's last mission --
Hussein's revolt --
PART V: THE ALLIES AT THE NADIR OF THEIR FORTUNES: The fall of the allied governments: Britain and France --
The overthrow of the Czar --
PART VI: NEW WORLDS AND PROMISED LANDS: The new world --
Lloyd George's Zionism --
Toward the Balfour declaration --
The promised land --PART VII: INVADING THE MIDDLE EAST: Jerusalem for Christmas --
The road to Damascus --
The battle for Syria --
PART VIII: THE SPOILS OF VICTORY: The parting of the ways --
By the shores of Troy --
PART IX: THE TIDE GOES OUT: The ticking clock --
Betrayal --
The unreal world of the peace conferences --
PART X: STORM OVER ASIA: The troubles begin: 1919-1921 --
Egypt: the winter of 1918-1919 --
Afghanistan: the spring of 1919 --
Arabia: the spring of 1919 --
Turkey: January 1920 --
Syria and Lebanon: the spring and summer of 1920 --
Eastern Palestine (Transjordan): 1920 --
Palestine-Arabs and Jews: 1920 --
Mesopotamia (Iraq): 1920 --
Persia (Iran): 1920 --
PART XI: STORM OVER ASIA: Unmasking Britain's enemies --
The Soviet challenge in the Middle East --
Moscow's goals --
A death in Bukhara --
PART XII: THE MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT OF 1922: Winston Churchill takes charge --
Churchill and the question of Palestine --
The alliances come apart --
A Greek tragedy --
The settlement of the Middle East question --
Afterword to the 2009 edition.
Introduction --
PART I: AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY: The last days of old Europe --
The legacy of the great game in Asia --
The Middle East before the war --
The young Turks urgently seek an ally --
Winston Churchill on the eve of war --
Churchill seizes Turkey's warships --
An intrigue at the sublime porte --
PART II: KITCHENER OF KHARTOUN LOOKS AHEAD: Kitchener takes command --
Kitchener's lieutenants --
Kitchener sets out to capture Islam --
India protests --
The man in the middle --PART III: BRITAIN IS DRAWN INTO THE MIDDLE EASTERN QUESTION: The Turkish commanders almost lose the war --
Kitchener allows Britain to attack Turkey --
On to victory at the Dardanelles --
Russia's grab for Turkey --
Defining Britain's goals in the Middle East --
At the narrows of fortune --
The warriors --
The politicians --
The light that failed --
Creating the Arab bureau --
Making promises to the Arabs --
Making promises to the European allies --
Turkey's triumph at the Tigris --
PART IV: SUBVERSION: Behind enemy lines --
Kitchener's last mission --
Hussein's revolt --
PART V: THE ALLIES AT THE NADIR OF THEIR FORTUNES: The fall of the allied governments: Britain and France --
The overthrow of the Czar --
PART VI: NEW WORLDS AND PROMISED LANDS: The new world --
Lloyd George's Zionism --
Toward the Balfour declaration --
The promised land --PART VII: INVADING THE MIDDLE EAST: Jerusalem for Christmas --
The road to Damascus --
The battle for Syria --
PART VIII: THE SPOILS OF VICTORY: The parting of the ways --
By the shores of Troy --
PART IX: THE TIDE GOES OUT: The ticking clock --
Betrayal --
The unreal world of the peace conferences --
PART X: STORM OVER ASIA: The troubles begin: 1919-1921 --
Egypt: the winter of 1918-1919 --
Afghanistan: the spring of 1919 --
Arabia: the spring of 1919 --
Turkey: January 1920 --
Syria and Lebanon: the spring and summer of 1920 --
Eastern Palestine (Transjordan): 1920 --
Palestine-Arabs and Jews: 1920 --
Mesopotamia (Iraq): 1920 --
Persia (Iran): 1920 --
PART XI: STORM OVER ASIA: Unmasking Britain's enemies --
The Soviet challenge in the Middle East --
Moscow's goals --
A death in Bukhara --
PART XII: THE MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT OF 1922: Winston Churchill takes charge --
Churchill and the question of Palestine --
The alliances come apart --
A Greek tragedy --
The settlement of the Middle East question --
Afterword to the 2009 edition.
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