ABSTRACT
In the countries forming the Arab Rectangle to the north of the Peninsula, the years that followed the War were also years of turmoil and strife. But whereas in Arabia itself the underlying causes of conflict had been inherent in its own political instability and in the rivalries of its Rulers, in the territories placed under British or French mandate the conflict was provoked and made inevitable by the action of the European Powers and was the natural sequel of the San Remo decisions and of the steps which Great Britain and France took to carry out their self-appointed ‘tasks’ in Iraq, Syria and Palestine.
