Empire and Jihad the Anglo-Arab wars of 1870-1920 / Neil Faulkner.
| Author/creator | Faulkner, Neil |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021] |
| Description | viii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Summary | The Ottoman Sultan called for a "Great Jihad" against the Entente powers at the start of the First World War. He was building on half a century of conflict between British colonialism and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. Resistance to Western violence increasingly took the form of radical Islamic insurgency.0 0Ranging from the forests of Central Africa to the deserts of Egypt, Sudan, and Somaliland, Neil Faulkner explores a fatal collision between two forms of oppression, one rooted in the ancient slave trade, the other in modern "coolie" capitalism. He reveals the complex interactions between anti-slavery humanitarianism, British hostility to embryonic Arab nationalism, "war on terror" moral panics, and Islamist revolt. Far from being an enduring remnant of the medieval past, or an essential expression of Muslim identity, Faulkner argues that "Holy War" was a reactionary response to the violence of modern imperialism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-417) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021936885 |
| ISBN | 9780300227499 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0300227493 hardcover |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |