The commander : Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the fight for Arab independence, 1914-1948
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The commander : Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the fight for Arab independence, 1914-1948
Hill and Wang, 2017
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"Published in 2016 by Hill and Wang. First paperback edition, 2017"--T.p. verso
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Summary: "Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in the First World War, and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the arts of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he re-appeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany, where he spent much of the Second World War battling his fellow exile, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who had accused him of being a British spy. In 1947, Qawuqji made a daring escape from Allied-occupied Berlin, and sought once again to shape his region's history. In his most famous role, he would command the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. In this well-crafted, definitive biography, Laila Parsons tells Qawuqji's dramati
Summary: "The definitive biography of the military leader who stood at the center of Arab politics for four decades"-- Provided by publisher
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