Empire and Jihad The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920

<b>A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920</b> <p><b>&quot;An epic account of the British Empire's activities in Africa and the Middle East. . . . An important, indeed tremendous, contribution.&quot;--John Newsinger, author of <i>The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire</i></b> <p> The Ottoman Sultan called for a &quot;Great Jihad&quot; against the Entente powers at the start of the First World War. He was building on half a century of conflict between British colonialism and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. Resistance to Western violence increasingly took the form of radical Islamic insurgency. <p> Ranging from the forests of Central Africa to the deserts of Egypt, Sudan, and Somaliland, Neil Faulkner explores a fatal collision between two forms of oppression, one rooted in the ancient slave trade, the other in modern &quot;coolie&quot; capitalism. He reveals the complex interactions between anti-slavery humanitarianism, British hostility to embryonic Arab nationalism, &quot;war on terror&quot; moral panics, and Islamist revolt. Far from being an enduring remnant of the medieval past, or an essential expression of Muslim identity, Faulkner argues that &quot;Holy War&quot; was a reactionary response to the violence of modern imperialism.</p></p></p>