Ebook: The Arabs: A History

Chapter 1. From Cairo to Istanbul -- Chapter 2. The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule -- 3. The Egyptian empire of Muhammad Ali -- 4. The perils of reform -- Chapter 5. the first wave of colonialism: North Africa -- 6. Divide and rule: World War I and the post war settlement -- 7. the British Empire in the Middle East -- Chapter 8. The French Empire in the Middle East -- Chapter 9. the Palestine disaster and its consequences -- Chapter 10. The rise of Arab nationalism -- Chapter 11. the decline of Arab nationalism -- Chapter 12. The age of oil -- Chapter 13. The power of Islam -- Chapter 14. After the Cold War.