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  • Mapping the Holy Land

    The Foundation of a Scientific Cartography of Palestine

    Series series Tauris Historical Geographical Series
    Mapping the Holy Land provides a unique study of the cartography of the Holy Land during the formative period of its development. Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era - Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, ... Leer más

    $141.99 USD

  • Palestine and World War I

    Grand Strategy, Military Tactics and Culture in War

    The Palestine Campaign has become one of the most glorified military campaigns of the twentieth century. The last campaign fought by the Ottoman Army, and thus the last act of the once-mighty Ottoman Empire, the Palestine Campaign saw the British Army under General Allenby conquer the Holy Land, forcing the Turkish army back into Europe. Meanwhile the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement ensured the ... Leer más

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  • Lawrence in Arabia

    War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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    The British in the Mediterranean since 1800

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  • A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948

    The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948

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  • War of Shadows

    Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East

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    The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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