Physical Description
xv, 460 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha
The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman
Berlin to Baghdad
Young Turks and old caliphs
A gift from Mars : German holy war fever
The war for the porte
The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or - possibly - Italians)
Parting the Red Sea
An Austrian in Arabia
Showdown at the Suez Canal
Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph
The blood of the Prophet
The Shia stratagem
To the gates of India
Trouble on the Baghdad Railway
The reluctant Mahdi
Iranian implosion
Betrayal in Mecca
The holy war devours its children
Consolation prize? : the race for Baku
Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection.
ISBN
9780674057395
0674057392 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
"First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books Ltd. 2010"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-[426]) and index.
Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha -- The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman -- Berlin to Baghdad -- Young Turks and old caliphs -- A gift from Mars : German holy war fever -- The war for the porte -- The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or - possibly - Italians) -- Parting the Red Sea -- An Austrian in Arabia -- Showdown at the Suez Canal -- Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph -- The blood of the Prophet -- The Shia stratagem -- To the gates of India -- Trouble on the Baghdad Railway -- The reluctant Mahdi -- Iranian implosion -- Betrayal in Mecca -- The holy war devours its children -- Consolation prize? : the race for Baku -- Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection.
