A Concise History of the Arabs

John McHugo

Contents

List of Maps
Glossary of Arabic Terms and Words
Preface
ONE           When History Changed Direction
TWO           Growing Apart
THREE           The West Takes Control
FOUR           Sharing an Indigestible Cake
FIVE            Secularism and Islamism in Egypt
SIX            The West Seems to Retreat
SEVEN           The Six Day War and its Consequences
EIGHT           Iraq, Israel, Militancy and Terrorism
NINE            The Age of the Autocrats and the Rise of Islamism
Conclusion: Something Snaps – The Arab Spring and Beyond
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

John McHugo John McHugo is an international lawyer and Arabist, with over forty years’ experience of the region. A director of the Council for Arab British Understanding and of the British Egyptian Society.