British Miscalculations
British Miscalculations In the aftermath of World War I there was furious agitation throughout Islam against the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. This detailed and convincing account describes…
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British Miscalculations
In the aftermath of World War I there was furious agitation throughout Islam against the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. This detailed and convincing account describes British indecisiveness, policy contradictions, and how militant nationalism was aggravated by the Greek invasion of Smyrna and its ambition to create a Hellenic Empire in Anatolia with Britain's connivance.Immediately after World War I there was a fair chance of mutual coexistence and good relations between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. Coupled with the powerful effect of the principle of self-determination, British indifference to Muslim sentiments gave rise to militant nationalism in Islam--which became de facto anti-Western.
High Commissioner Herbert Samuel This possibility was nipped in the bud by the military administration (1918-1920) responsible for the anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem in April 1920.