In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth - The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations 1914-1939

The McMahon-Husayn correspondence is here examined in historical context to determine why it was so obscure and what lay in the minds of those who drafted it.

List of contents

Part 1 The quicksand: Cairo, London and the Sharif of Mecca; Kitchener, Grey and the Arab Question; mysteries of the McMahon-Husayn correspondence. Part 2 The flay in the fly-bottle: Husayn interprets McMahon's promises, 1916-17; Sykes, Picot and Husayn; Wingate, Hogarth and Husayn; varieties of official historiography I - the Arab Bureau, Nicholson, Toynbee; the correspondence in the peace-settlement - Faysal and Young; varieties of official historiography II - the Colonial Office, McMahon, Childs; the Foreign Office wrestles with the correspondence - Baggallay's hour. Epilogue: knowledge, power and guilt. Appendix: in the Anglo-Arab labyrinth - genesis of a history.

About the author

Elie Kedouri

Summary

The McMahon-Husayn correspondence is here examined in historical context to determine why it was so obscure and what lay in the minds of those who drafted it.

Product details

• Authors: Elie Kedouri, Kedouri Elie
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2000
• EAN: 9780714650975
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5097-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Weight: 580 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Historiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, International Relations, Middle East, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Historiography, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Middle Eastern history, Islamic countries