ABSTRACT

This book, first published in English in 1966, is a comprehensive guide to, and analysis of, the Third Reich’s policy towards the Arab world. Based on German archive material, the records of the Nuremburg trials, published collections of American, British, French, German and Italian documents, and on European and Arabian diaries and memoirs, it provides an essential reading of the history of the region at a key point in time.

chapter I|19 pages

THE GREAT POWERS AND THE ARAB EAST

chapter II|23 pages

NAZI GERMANY AND THE PEEL COMMISSION PLAN

chapter IV|12 pages

OUTBREAK OF WAR

chapter VI|17 pages

IRAQ ON THE EVE OF REBELLION

chapter VII|22 pages

THE GERMANS AND THE IRAQ REVOLT

chapter VIII|39 pages

UPRISING IN IRAQ

chapter IX|20 pages

GERMANY AND THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN

chapter X|18 pages

SPREAD OF THE WAR AND NAZI ARAB POLICY

chapter XI|18 pages

NEW DECLARATIONS ON ARAB QUESTIONS

chapter XII|21 pages

THE AXIS EGYPT OFFENSIVE

chapter XIII|19 pages

THE ARAB LEGION AND MUFTI-KILANI DISPUTE

chapter XIV|38 pages

EPILOGUE IN TUNISIA