TY - BOOK AU - Rogan,Eugene TI - The Arabs: a history SN - 9780465094219 AV - DS37.R721.A733 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, New York PB - Basic Books KW - Arab nationalism KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Arab countries KW - Islam and politics KW - Imperialism KW - Saudi Arabia History KW - Iran History KW - North Africa History KW - History N1 - 1 (pages 517-547) and index; From Cairo to Istanbul --; The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule --; The Egyptian empire of Muhammad 'Ali --; The perils of reform --; The first wave of colonialism: North Africa --; Divide and rule: World War I and the postwar settlement --; The British empire in the Middle East --; The French empire in the Middle East --; The Palestine disaster and its consequences --; The rise of Arab nationalism --; The decline of Arab nationalism --; The age of oil --; The power of Islam --; After the Cold War --; The Arabs in the twenty-first century; 2 N2 - "Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, Rogan follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power." ER -