Table of Contents

1. Britain and the Hashemites, 1914-1919: An Overview 2. "An Amir Such As We Desire" - Faisal for Mesopotamia: The "Parallelism Exact" 3. Sunny Jim: "Fait accompli" 1920-21 4. "A Pampered and Querulous Nuisance" - King Husain and the Failure of the Sherifian Solution in the Hijaz: The Deterioration of the Foreign Office's "Husain Policy", 1919-21

About the Author

Timothy J. Paris

Reviews

"This latest study by Timothy J. Paris is an excellent, cool appraisal of all the factors involved in the formation of the modern Middle East and of how Britain attempted to reconcile the irreconcilable demands involved....This excellent and elegantly written book is a clear and reliable guide to the history of the Middle East following the end of the First World War and as such it is to be highly recommended."
-"The International History of Review