Syria in World War I : politics, economy and society / edited by M. Talha Çiçek
- Published
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Çiçek, M. Talha
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: The scope of the volume -- Overview of the chapters -- Notes -- References -- 1.Myth of the Unionist triumvirate: the formation of the CUP factions and their impact in Syria during the Great War / M. Talha Cicek -- "Preparation for a revolution": from cultural evolution to revolutionary activism -- The formation of civil and military factions after the 1908 Revolution -- The third faction: Djemal Pasha and his group -- Factional struggles in Syria during Djemal Pasha's rule -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2.Muhammad Kurd Ali and the Syrian-Palestinian intelligentsia in the Ottoman campaign against Arab separatism / Salim Tamari -- A Syrian-Palestinian expedition -- The new Salah al-Din -- Muhammad Kurd Ali and the Ottoman Commonwealth -- A new Ottoman nation, both oriental and occidental -- "Turkification of Arabs, Arabization of Turks" -- Syrian interest in defending Gallipoli -- The Islamic bond -- The Hijazi Expedition: in defense of Osmanlilik -- The Palestinian episode: conqueror vs. reformer -- Conclusion: the Syrian and Hijazi expeditions in retrospect -- Notes -- References -- 3.A propaganda tour organized by Djemal Pasha: the Arab literati's visit to the Gallipoli front, 18--23 October 1915 / Ayhan Aktar -- British war propaganda on the Palestinian front -- Inbuilt skepticism of the CUP bureaucracy: beware! Arabs are coming! -- The Syrian literati go to Istanbul -- Syrian literati at Gallipoli: account of Uryanizade Ali Vahid Effendi -- "Undesirable" Arab soldiers of the "Aleppo Division" of Colonel Mustafa Kemal -- The Syrian literati visit Colonel Mustafa Kemal's "Aleppo Division" -- A very cruel joke on Asad al-Shukairi and his friends -- Propaganda tour of the Syrian literati: a mission impossible -- Notes -- References -- 4."We will treat you like the Armenians": Djemal Pasha, Zionism and the evacuation of Jaffa, April 1917 / Roberto Mazza -- Djemal Pasha and Zionism -- The evacuation of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, April 1917 -- The creation of a myth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References and bibliography -- 5.The Ottoman government and the Zionist movement during the first months of World War I / Hilmar Kaiser -- Ottoman views on the Zionist movement in 1914 -- Bahaeddin Bey at Jaffa -- 17.December 1914 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6.Fragments of wartime memories from Syria and Lebanon / Najwa Al-Qattan -- Zajal and poetry: "Every verse is an ambassador" -- Anecdotes and apocryphal stories -- Familial fragments of memory -- Families and communities -- Conclusion: "To remember those things we never knew?" -- Notes -- References -- 7.Economy, environment, and famine: World War I from the perspective of the Syrian interior / Elizabeth Williams -- 1914--1915 Panic in Beirut, a bountiful harvest in Aleppo, and price inflation in Damascus -- 1916 Increasing grain scarcity, inflation, and investments in agriculture -- 1917 New strategies, drought, and an agricultural bank scandal -- 1918 A tax collection crisis and preparations for retreat -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8.Shukru Bey and the Armenian deportations in the fall of 1915 / Hilmar Kaiser -- Eskishehir -- Konia -- Ereghli -- Ulukishla -- The manual of 10 September 1915 -- Aleppo -- The manual of 7 October 1915 -- The implementation -- Disease control -- Urfa district -- The Zor route -- Halting deportations -- Ismail Djanbolad Bey -- The Aleppo conference -- New negotiations -- The Amanus -- Conclusion -- Notes.
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- ISBN
- 9781138944541 (hardback)
1138944548 (hardback) - Terms of Use and Reproduction
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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