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The struggle for Arab independence : Riad el-Solh and the makers of the modern Middle East / by Patrick Seale.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xiii, 804 p. : ill., map : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521191371 :
  • 0521191378 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS62.4 .S43 2010
Summary: 1. Grandee of the empire -- 2. An Ottoman childhood -- 3. Education in revolution -- 4. In the shadow of the gallows -- 5. Faysai’s false dawn -- 6. Fugitivefrom the French -- 7. The great Syrian revolution -- 8. A hero’s return -- 9. Man of the people -- 10. Riad el-Solh, Zionism and the Hajj Amin al-Husayni -- 11. Ben-Gurion and the Arabs -- 12. Themaking of a Lebanese patriot -- 13. Competing identities: the battle for men’s minds -- 14. The politics of the street -- 15. The changing fortunes of war -- 16. Rashid ’Ali and ’Operation Exporter’ -- 17. Riad Bey and General Spears -- 18. The electoral challenge -- 19. The compromise of tile National Pact -- 20. The decisive battle -- 21. Painful awakening -- 22. Goodbye to the French -- 23. Master of the local scene -- 24. The unwanted war -- 25. The challenge from the revolutionaries -- 26. Murder in Amman.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection DS 62.4 .S43 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5046443

1. Grandee of the empire -- 2. An Ottoman childhood -- 3. Education in revolution -- 4. In the shadow of the gallows -- 5. Faysai’s false dawn -- 6. Fugitivefrom the French -- 7. The great Syrian revolution -- 8. A hero’s return -- 9. Man of the people -- 10. Riad el-Solh, Zionism and the Hajj Amin al-Husayni -- 11. Ben-Gurion and the Arabs -- 12. Themaking of a Lebanese patriot -- 13. Competing identities: the battle for men’s minds -- 14. The politics of the street -- 15. The changing fortunes of war -- 16. Rashid ’Ali and ’Operation Exporter’ -- 17. Riad Bey and General Spears -- 18. The electoral challenge -- 19. The compromise of tile National Pact -- 20. The decisive battle -- 21. Painful awakening -- 22. Goodbye to the French -- 23. Master of the local scene -- 24. The unwanted war -- 25. The challenge from the revolutionaries -- 26. Murder in Amman.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [768]-779) and index.

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