Rizq, Yūnān Labīb.

Britain and Arab unity : a documentary history from the Treaty of Versailles to the end of World War II / by Younan Labib Rizk. - London ; New York : [New York] : I. B. Tauris in association with The Centre for Arab Unity Studies ; Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave, 2009. - ix, 261 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences ; vol. 2 . - Contemporary Arab scholarship in the social sciences ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243]-252) and index.

Britain's divisive role prior to 1919. Indianisation of the Gulf ; The isolation of Egypt ; The Judaisation of Palestine -- The Arab kingdom 1919-23. Arab unity during World War I ; The Arab kingdom ; The Arab confederation -- The Arab conference 1931-3. The Islamic conference in Jerusalem ; The Arab conference in Baghdad -- Between Arab unity and pan-Arabism 1936-41. Pan-Islamism-Arabism ; Pouring over the concepts ; The impact of the war -- British policy towards Arab unity during World War II 1941-3. New planning ; Economic cultural unity ; Convening the Arab conference -- Britain and the establishment of the Arab league 1943-5. The preparatory meeting ; The Antoniadis conference ; Issuing the charter.

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Panarabism--History.


Arab countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Arab countries.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1910-1936.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.

DS63.2.G7 / R59 2009

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