From high hopes to shattered dreams? the second Mahathirist revolution by Azly Rahman

Faisal I of Iraq by Allawi, Ali A. 1947-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The road to the rising -- The Arab Revolt I : consolidating the revolt -- The Arab Revolt II : breaking out -- The Arab Revolt III : railroad war -- To Damascus! -- Part 3 : A shattered dream : Syria and the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1921). -- The rudiments of a state -- First footsteps in Europe -- At the Paris Peace Conference I -- At the Paris Peace Conference II -- The struggle for Syria -- The collapse of the Kingdom of Syria -- Adrift -- A king in waiting -- Part 4 : A new beginning : Iraq (1921-1933) -- From Mesopotamia to Iraq -- King of Iraq -- Faisal, Cox and the rise of the opposition -- The rebellion of the Ayatollahs -- Assemblies, treaties, constitutions -- Oil and the Mosul question -- Struggling to break free -- Towards independence -- Vindication at last -- A calamitous end -- Epilogue : Faisal the Great.…”