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The modern Middle East emerged out of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, when Britain and France partitioned the Ottoman Arab lands into several new colonial states. The following period was a charged and transformative time of unrest. Insurgent leaders, trained in Ottoman military tactics and with everything to lose from the fall of the Empire, challenged the mandatory powers in a number of armed revolts. This is a study of this crucial period in Middle Eastern history, tracing the period through popular political movements and the experience of colonial rule. In doing so, Provence emphasises the continuity between the late Ottoman and Colonial era, explaining how national identities emerged, and how the seeds were sown for many of the conflicts which have defined the Middle East in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This is a valuable read for students of Middle Eastern history and politics.
. The first comprehensive history of the colonial Middle East, allowing readers to consider the region during its formative period as a whole, rather than as individual states
. Details how the Middle East's colonial past continues to influence the region today, connecting the pre-WWI Ottoman state to the post-war Arab anti-colonial and independence struggles
. An accessibly-written text ideal for use in all stages of undergraduate and postgraduate classroom use, focusing on the characters and key events that shaped the twentieth-century Middle East
1. Introduction
2. Ottoman modernity in the long nineteenth century: training state servants and making citizens
3. The theory and practice of colonialism in the post-Ottoman Middle East
4. Losing the war and fighting the settlement: the post-Ottoman Middle East takes shape, 1918–22
5. League of Nations hopes and disappointments: the return of armed struggle in the post-Ottoman era, 1923–7
6. Colonial constitutions and treaties: post-Ottoman militarism, 1927–36
7. The final days of the last Ottoman generation, 1936–8
8. Epilogue and conclusion.
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The modern Middle East emerged out of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, when Britain and France partitioned the Ottoman Arab lands into several new colonial states. The following period was a charged and transformative time of unrest. Insurgent leaders, trained in Ottoman military tactics and with everything to lose from the fall of the Empire, challenged the mandatory powers in a number of armed revolts. This is a study of this crucial period in Middle Eastern history, tracing the period through popular political movements and the experience of colonial rule. In doing so, Provence emphasises the continuity between the late Ottoman and Colonial era, explaining how national identities emerged, and how the seeds were sown for many of the conflicts which have defined the Middle East in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This is a valuable read for students of Middle Eastern history and politics.
. The first comprehensive history of the colonial Middle East, allowing readers to consider the region during its formative period as a whole, rather than as individual states
. Details how the Middle East's colonial past continues to influence the region today, connecting the pre-WWI Ottoman state to the post-war Arab anti-colonial and independence struggles
. An accessibly-written text ideal for use in all stages of undergraduate and postgraduate classroom use, focusing on the characters and key events that shaped the twentieth-century Middle East
