The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement – George Antonius

The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement

This book is viewed as the foundational textbook of the history of modern Arab nationalism. According to Martin Kramer, The Arab Awakening “became the preferred textbook for successive generations of British and American historians and their students”.

It generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in the Middle East.

This remarkable book on a complex and controversial subject is widely regarded as the best full account of the rise of the Arab national movement. After several years of travel and research in all parts of the Arab world, the author managed to gain access to all the relevant material necessary to the writing of a book such as this – much of the material having been unavailable to other writers on the subject. The fruits of Mr. Antonius’s research have been embodied in this unique story of the origins and development of the national movement from its earliest beginnings in the nineteenth century down to the post-World War I era. In addition to the narrative account and assessments of military and political leaders, including Lawrence of Arabia, the book contains a set of documents of fundamental importance to the history of the Arab revival. 

Language: English
ISBN: N/A
1969, Hardback,  pages, 17.5 x 24.5 cm

Book Condition: New, Unread, Book as new as a 1969 may be.
Publisher: Librairie du Liban

A good book written by a scholar, an expert on the subject and a resident in the country…. A very excellent and extremely able book.” — The Observer, London

“The whole of this brilliantly written book moves at the same plane of objective and critical scholarship.” —Daily Telegraph, London