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03791aam a22005658i 4500 001 5C8E40228B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 151112s2016 nyuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2015043497 020 $a 0809067129 020 $a 9780809067121 035 $a (OCoLC)918995242 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d OCL $d SFR $d OCLCO $d JAI $d OCLCO $d FM0 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-is--- $a a-is--- 050 00 $a DS98.3.Q23 $b P37 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS026000 $a HIS026000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Parsons, Laila, $e author. 245 14 $a The commander : $b Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the fight for Arab independence, 1914-1948 / $c Laila Parsons. 250 $a First edition 263 $a 1608 264 1 $a New York : $b Hill and Wang, $c 2016. 300 $a xvi, 295 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index. 505 0 $a Ottoman officer -- Syria in revolt -- Palestine 1936 -- Baghdad to Berlin -- Palestine 1948 -- Epilogue. 520 $a "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 dramatic story and sets it in the full context of his turbulent times. Following Israel's decisive victory, Qawuqji was widely faulted as a poor commander with possibly dubious motives. Parsons shows us that the truth was more complex: Although he doubtless made some strategic mistakes, he never gave up fighting for Arab independence and unity, even as those ideals were undermined by powers inside and outside the Arab world."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The definitive biography of the military leader who stood at the center of Arab politics for four decades"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a QÌÆ°awuqjÌÆ°i, FawzÌÆ°i, $d 1890-1977. 600 17 $a QÌÆ°awuqjÌÆ°i, FawzÌÆ°i, $d 1890-1977. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00413838 611 27 $a Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00980263 650 0 $a Generals $z Syria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Military. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z Middle East $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Generals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939841 651 7 $a Syria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208757 648 7 $a 1948-1949 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021021902.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204084038.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110065936.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100713.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802022429.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5C8E40228B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search