War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I - Couverture rigide

McKale, Donald M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0873386027 ISBN 13 : 9780873386029

Editeur : Kent State University Press, 1998

Synopsis

A comprehensive study of the World War I rivalry between Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East. Donald M. McKale examines how both countries waged "war by revolution", attempting to incite native peoples to revolt against the other. German leaders believed that in the event of a war among European powers, they could organize and exploit a unified Islam. In addition to assisting the Ottomans militarily in the war, they collaborated with the Turks in appealing to pan-Islamism - a doctrine that proclaimed the sultan-caliph's religious authority over all the world's Muslims - to stoke the fire of native Muslim revolts against the British in Egypt and India, and they inflamed anti-British passions in the Turkish provinces of Arabia and Mesopotamia and in Libya, Abyssinia, Persia and Afghanistan. Key British leaders panicked after defeats at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. They feared pan-Islamism and a "holy war" directed against Britain's control of Muslim lands and its rule in India. With the help of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), they assisted the Arab Revolt of 1916 that contributed to the defeat of Turkey. At the war's end, Britain (and France) purposely destroyed the Turkish empire and divided its former lands among themselves and the Arabs. In the long term, however, McKale concludes that the German war in the Middle East helped to weaken Britain's global empire.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Donald M. McKale is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of Humanities at Clemson University. His publications include Rewriting History: The Original and Revised World War II Diaries of Curt Prufer, Nazi Diplomat (Kent State University Press, 1988); Curt Prufer: German Diplomat from the Kaiser to Hitler (Kent State University Press, 1987); and Hitler: The Survival Myth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kent State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0873386027
• ISBN 13: 9780873386029
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
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