Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920

by Neil Faulkner

Book Overview

A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300227493
• ISBN13: 9780300227499
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"