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Titre: The Commander Condition: Neuf Sous titres: Fawzi Al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914-1948 Auteur: Laila Parsons Format: Poche ISBN-10: 0374537089 EAN: 9780374537081 ISBN: 9780374537081 Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. Genre: Biography Sujet: History Date de publication: 2017-08-01 Description: Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman army, he fought the British in World War I and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the arts of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he reappeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany, where he spent much of World War II battling his fellow exile, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who had accused him of being a British spy. In 1947, Qawuqji made a daring escape from Allied-occupied Berlin and sought once again to shape his region's history. In his most famous role, he would command the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-lsraeli War of 1948. In this well-crafted, definitive biography, Laila Parsons tells Qawuqji's dramatic story and sets it in the full context of his turbulent times. Following Israel's decisive victory, Qawuqji was widely faulted as a poor commander with possibly dubious motives.The Commander shows us that the truth was more complex: Although he doubtless made some strategic mistakes, he never gave up fighting for Arab independence and unity, even as those ideals were undermined by powers inside and outside the Arab world. Sujet: Anglais Pays/Région de fabrication: US Item Height: 228 Item Length: 152.00 Item Width: 20.00 Année de publication: 2017
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