British Miscalculations

The Rise of Muslim Nationalism, 1918-1925

Buch | Hardcover

394 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4128-4749-0 (ISBN)

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In the aftermath of World War I there was furious agitation throughout Islam against the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. Coupled with the powerful effect of the principle of self-determination, British indifference to Muslim sentiments gave rise to militant nationalism in Islam—which became de facto anti-Western. This detailed and convincing account describes British indecisiveness, policy contradictions, and how militant nationalism was aggravated by the Greek invasion of Smyrna and its ambition to create a Hellenic Empire in Anatolia with Britain's connivance.

Immediately after World War I there was a fair chance of mutual coexistence and good relations between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. This possibility was nipped in the bud by the military administration (1918-1920) responsible for the anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in April 1920. High Commissioner Herbert Samuel supported the Arab extremists in his misguided policy, and complicated the situation further. The appointment of Hajj Amin al-Husseini to the exalted post of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and subsequently to the presidency of the Supreme Moslem Council of the Palestinians, proved fatal to Arab-Jewish relations and to the possibility of peace.

As Friedman shows, the British administration of Palestine bears a considerable share of responsibility for the Arab-Zionist conflict in Palestine. Against this diplomatic background Arab-Jewish hostilities thrived, with consequences that endure today.

Isaiah Friedman is professor emeritus of history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He was elected senior fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford and was a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Germany , Turkey and Zionism, 1897-1918; Palestine: A Twice Promised Land? Vol. 1: The British, the Arabs, and Zionism, 1915-1920 ; the editor of twelve volumes in the series Documents on the Rise of Israel; and co-editor of the new edition of Encyclopaedia Judaica, (2007).

Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 A Missed Opportunity, 2 Turkish–Arabic–Pan-Islamic League versus the British, 3 Egypt’s Struggle for Independence, 4 Pan-Islamic–Bolshevik–Turkish Assault on Britain, 5 Anglo-Soviet Rivalry and the Rise of Nationalism in Afghanistan and in Persia, 6 Mesopotamia: A Futile Adventure, 7 Rejection of British Presence in Mesopotamia, 8 Rebellion in Mesopotamia, 9 Great Britain and the Greco-Turkish Conflict, 1918–1920, 10 Great Britain and the Greco-Turkish Conflict, 1920–1922, Heading toward War, 11 Great Britain, the Allies, and the Greco-Turkish War, 1921–1922, 12 Heading toward Disaster, 13 Inferno in Smyrna, 14 Was a Peaceful Coexistence between Arabs and Jews in Palestine Possible?, Index

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4128-4749-4 / 1412847494
ISBN-13	978-1-4128-4749-0 / 9781412847490
Zustand	Neuware