More than just a military history of Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, this is a dissection of how the British empire worked to supress dissent and how subject peoples resisted colonial rule.
More than just a military history of Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, this is a dissection of how the British empire worked to supress dissent and how subject peoples resisted colonial rule.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Matthew Hughes writes fantasy and space opera, often in a Jack Vance mode. Booklist has called him Vance's "heir apparent." His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, F&SF, Postscripts, Lightspeed, and Interzone, and invitation-only anthologies including Songs of the Dying Earth, Rogues, Old Mars, Old Venus, The Book of Swords, and The Book of Magic, all edited by George R.R. Martin and/or Gardner Dozois. He has won the Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, Endeavour (twice), A.E. Van Vogt, and Derringer Awards. He spent more than thirty years as one of Canada's leading speechwriters for political leaders and corporate executives. Since 2007, he has been traveling the world as an itinerant housesitter, has lived in twelve countries, and has no fixed address.
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List of Illustrations 1. Framing the Arab Revolt 2. The emergency state in mandate Palestine 3. Rebels and revolt 4. From insurgency to banditry 5. The regiments arrive 6. Screwing down the population 7. Intelligence and collaboration 8. Dirty wars and extra-judicial violence Afterword: policy, violence, and the Arab revolt Appendix A: order-of-battle Appendix B: casualties Appendix C: women and violence Appendix D: sartorial wars Appendix E: dramatis personae and the Arab Higher Committee Appendix F: currency and wages Appendix G: the escapes of al-Qawuqji and Hajj Amin Bibliography Index.
List of Illustrations 1. Framing the Arab Revolt 2. The emergency state in mandate Palestine 3. Rebels and revolt 4. From insurgency to banditry 5. The regiments arrive 6. Screwing down the population 7. Intelligence and collaboration 8. Dirty wars and extra-judicial violence Afterword: policy, violence, and the Arab revolt Appendix A: order-of-battle Appendix B: casualties Appendix C: women and violence Appendix D: sartorial wars Appendix E: dramatis personae and the Arab Higher Committee Appendix F: currency and wages Appendix G: the escapes of al-Qawuqji and Hajj Amin Bibliography Index.
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