In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations, 1914-1939

Abstract

Part 1 The quicksand: Cairo, London and the Sharif of Mecca Kitchener, Grey and the Arab Question mysteries of the McMahon-Husayn correspondence. Part 2 The flay in the fly-bottle: Husayn interprets McMahon's promises, 1916-17 Sykes, Picot and Husayn Wingate, Hogarth and Husayn varieties of official historiography I - the Arab Bureau, Nicholson, Toynbee the correspondence in the peace-settlement - Faysal and Young varieties of official historiography II - the Colonial Office, McMahon, Childs the Foreign Office wrestles with the correspondence - Baggallay's hour. Epilogue: knowledge, power and guilt. Appendix: in the Anglo-Arab labyrinth - genesis of a history.