Table of Contents: The last Ottoman generation and the making of the modern Middle East

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Saladin's pilgrims and the war to end war
Modernity, militarism, and colonialism in the making of the Middle East
Ottoman modernity
Middle East colonialisms
Legacies
1) Ottoman modernity in the long nineteenth century : training state servants and making citizens
Modern education and a late Ottoman childhood
Modernizing the state
Conscription
State military education and elite civil education
Military culture and late Ottoman society
The military academy and staff college
Modern infrastructure
Ottoman sons become saviors of the nation
Civilian politicians and civil school graduates
Conclusions
2) The theory and practice of colonialism in the post-Ottoman Middle East
Wartime arrangements and proclamations
The Paris Peace Conference and post-war negotiations
The San Remo Conference and the Treaty of S·res
The League of Nations and Anglo-French colonialism in the Middle East
Mandate governance in practice
The mandate in Palestine
The mandate in Syria and Lebanon
The mandate in Iraq and Transjordan
Conclusions
3) Losing the war and fighting the settlement : the post-Ottoman Middle East takes shape, 1918-1922
The Battle of Nablus and the end of the Ottoman Empire
Allenby and Faysal in Da