AUTHOR’S NOTE
ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD 1
ISLAM AND THE ORIENTALISTS 33
RULE AND RELIGION IN IRAN 43
RELIGION AND NATIONALISM
IN THE ARAB WORLD 53
IBN SA’UD ON THE JEWS 67
ARAB UNITY THEN AND NOW 75
LEBANON THE PERILS OF INDEPENDENCE 85
GREAT BRITAIN AND PALESTINE
THE TURNING POINT 93
SUEZ REVISITED 171
THE UNITED NATIONS
HAMMARSKJÖLD AND AFTER 193
THE RETREAT FROM ALGERIA 213
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST 233
HOW TO AND HOW NOT TO SEEK PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST 239
MISREADING THE MIDDLE EAST 249
COLONEL LAWRENCE AND HIS BIOGRAPHERS 261
THE SURRENDER OF MEDINA
JANUARY 1919 277
IN THE ANGLO ARAB LABYRINTH
GENESIS OF A HISTORY 297
NOTES 315
INDEX 325