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S/H/45. The Great Powers in the Middle East 1919-23

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2700
DATE:
2006
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29.99 GBP

This paper examines the determinants of the policies of the Great Powers in the former Ottoman Empire during the Peace Conferences of 1919-23. In particular it focuses on Britain, France and the US and considers policy and events both in the Middle East and Asiatic Turkey. The paper covers the expedient and contradictory war time commitments made by the great powers, the rise of Arab and Turkish nationalism and the impact of Wilsonian ideology.

 

KEYWORDS: Ottoman, Peace conferences, nationalism, Versailles, Palestine, Attaturk,