America''s Arab Nationalists - From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler

America's Arab Nationalists focuses in on the relationship between Arab nationalists and Americans in the struggle for independence in an era when idealistic Americans could see the Arab nationalist struggle as an expression of their own values.

List of contents

Introduction  1. 1908  2. Charles Crane, Abraham Rihbany and Ameen Rihani: On the Path to Arab Nationalism  3. "America Save the Near East": World War I, The Arab Revolt and the Growth of Arab Nationalism  4. American Arab Nationalists In Paris  5. The Disillusionment of Abraham Rihbany: The King-Crane Commission  6. Three Trips: 1920-1925  7. Charles Crane's Revolution and Ameen Rihani's Wahhabism  8. America's Arab Nationalists, Zionism and Hitler  9. Epilogue

About the author

Aaron Berman is Professor Emeritus of History at Hampshire College. He received his doctorate in American History from Columbia University. His first book, Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism explained how American Jewry's understanding of their own history shaped the Zionist response to the extermination of European Jewry. His research interests center on the history of nationalism (particularly Arab and Jewish nationalisms) and internationalism. For eleven years he served as Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Hampshire College.

Summary

America’s Arab Nationalists focuses in on the relationship between Arab nationalists and Americans in the struggle for independence in an era when idealistic Americans could see the Arab nationalist struggle as an expression of their own values.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Berman, Aaron (Hampshire College Berman, Berman Aaron
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032215310
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221531-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, First World War, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Middle East, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I