Mary C. Wilson

King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

King Abdullah played an active role in the partition of Palestine and, as a result, he has always been viewed as one of the most controversial figures in modern Middle East history. This book is the first in-depth description and analysis of the historical and personal circumstances that made him so.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780521399876
• ISBN-10: 0521399874
• Artikelnr.: 21724616

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of maps
Note on transliteration
Acknowledgements
1. Prologue
2. Mecca and Istanbul
3. The Arab revolt
4. The creation of Transjordan
5. Settling in
6. Discovering the limits
7. Abdullah and Palestine, 1921-39
8. War and politics
9. Abdullah, Britain and the Arab world, 1945-8
10. 1948
11. The end of ambition
12. Epilogue
Appendix I: British high commissioners of Palestine
Appendix II: British residents in Transjordan
Appendix III: Prime ministers of Transjordan
Notes
Bibliography
Index.