The Commander Fawzi Al-qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914-1948

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780809067121
  • 13 september 2016
  • 320 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in the First World War, and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the arts of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he re-appeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany and spent much of the Second World War battling his fellow exile, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who accused him of being a British spy. In 1947, Qawuqji made a daring escape from Allied-occupied Berlin, and sought once again to shape his region's history. In his most famous role, he would command the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. In this well-crafted, definitive biography, Laila Parsons tells Qawuqji's dramatic story and sets it in the full context of his turbulent times. Following Israel's decisive victory, Qawuqji was widely faulted as a poor commander with possibly dubious motives. Parsons shows us that the truth was more complex: although he doubtless made some strategic mistakes, he never gave up fighting for Arab independence and unity, even as those ideals were undermined by powers inside and outside the Arab world.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
13 september 2016
Aantal pagina's
320
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Laila Parsons
Tweede Auteur
Laila Parsons
Hoofduitgeverij
Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.

Overige kenmerken

Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
160 mm
Verpakking hoogte
236 mm
Verpakking lengte
236 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
518 g

EAN

EAN
9780809067121

Je vindt dit artikel in

Taal
Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Studieboek of algemeen
Algemene boeken
Nog geen reviews

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 17 euro en 95 cent. Dit is een tweedehands product.
Alleen tweedehands
Als nieuw
New York : Hill and Wang, 2017. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xvi, 295 pp. illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
1 - 2 weken
In winkelwagen
  • Bestellen en betalen via bol
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren

Alle bindwijzen en edities (3)

  • 16,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 8,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 22,99
    2 - 3 weken Tooltip