Table of Contents

FOREWORD CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND CHAPTER II A FALSE START CHAPTER III The START: 1847-68 CHAPTER IV THE HAMIDIAN DESPOTISM: 1876-1908 CHAPTER V THE INFANT MOVEMENT: 1868-1908 CHAPTER VI YOUNG ARABS AND YOUNG TURKS: 1908-14 CHAPTER VII THE WAR AND THE HOLY WAR: 1914 CHAPTER VIII THE PLOT: 1915 CHAPTER IX GREAT BRITAIN'S PLEDGE: 1915 CHAPTER X THE REVOLT: JUNE 1916 CHAPTER XI IMMEDIATE EFFECTS CHAPTER XII THE ARABS IN THE WAR: 1916-18 CHAPTER XIII PLEDGES AND COUNTER-PLEDGES CHAPTER XIV THE POST-WAR SETTLEMENT CHAPTER XV THE PENINSULA AFTER THE WAR CHAPTER XVI IRAQ, SYRIA AND PALESTINE AFTER THE WAR

About the Author

Geroge Antonius was a scholar and expert on the Middle East.

Reviews

"A good book written by a scholar, an expert on the subject and a resident in the country.... A very excellent and extremely able book." -- "The Observer, London"

"The whole of this brilliantly written book moves at the same plane of objective and critical scholarship." -- "Daily Telegraph, London"