These studies of the foreign policy of each of the Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire examine how far the end of the Ottoman Empire was the result of Great Power imperialism and how far the result of structural weaknesses..
This book provides a broad history of the Seljuq Turks from their origins and early conquests in the 10th century, through the rise of empire until its dissolution at the end of the 12th. The author also carefully examines the corpus of academic work on the period and how Turkish historiography has ..
Shedding light on Irish and Israeli foreign policy, Eliash examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist Movement and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine’s partition and the delay in Ireland’s recognition of the State of Israel until 1963...
This book, first published in 1971, details the Muhammad ‘Arif manuscript which propagates the project of the Hejaz railway connecting Damascus with Medina and Mecca. The project has been seen as a specific, dramatic example of the phenomenon of growing Arab nationalism during the early years of the..
The book firstly traces Arab origins and the formation of Arab societies after the emergence of Islam, assessing the perspectives and factors that shaped the rise of the Arab nation in both practical and intellectual terms. It then examines the beginning of the Arab awakening and the course of its d..