War by Revolution. Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I

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68.SolftoFalkenhayn,29 Dec.1915,NARA/T-I36/30/0I43-48.


  1. Ibid.
    70.Falkenhayn,"Abschrift,"n.d.,NARA/T-I36/30/0I5I-52.
    71.Ibid.

  2. BRITAIN ASWARTIME"REVOLUTIONARY":THEARAB REVOLT, 1916
    I.BasicsourcesincludeMoberly,2:2U-466;Guinn,UI-3I;Gilbert,First World
    War,213,228-29;SteelandHart,383-412;Trumpener,"GermanOfficers,"33-34;and
    Moorehead,329-30;andJames,RiseandFalloftheBritishEmpire, 358-59.
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    Office,"25 May 1916,PRO/FO371/2778/130553.Also see his"Memorandumbythe
    PoliticalSecretary,IndiaOffice,onGetmanPressOpinionRegardingtheMiddle
    East,"n.d.(butisspring1916),IOLR/L/P&S/II/IOI.Forthepeakingduring 1916 of
    Germanintentions,particularlyofOppenheimandnumerouseconomicandmili-
    taryleaders,todominatetheTurkisheconomy,noteRathmann,Stossrichrung
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    fornia)/reel476/frame0428.

  3. See hismemo,"TheWarwithTurkey," 13 June1916,PRO/FO371/2778/130533.

  4. Ibid.
    5.Landau, 12 7.

  5. "Secret.ReportofthejrdVisitofMessenger'G'totheSherifHusseinIbnAli
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    7.Regardingreportsonthesharif,note"IntelligenceSummary,"22Jan.1916;and
    "IntelligenceSummaryforPeriodfromzerhJanuarytozndFebruary,1916.,"PROf
    WO 157/700. ForIbnSaud's"loathingoftheTurk,whichisalmostanobsessionwith
    him,"seeJ.Keyes to SirMarkSykes, IOJan. 1916,PRO/FO882/8/IS/I6/1.
    8.DirectorofMilitaryIntelligence[hereafter"DMI"]Egyptto WO, 9, 13,25, 26
    Feb.1916,PRO/WO33/760.Onthebackgroundof"Maurice,"noteLawrenceJames,
    TheGoldenWarrior: The LifeandLegendofLawrenceofArabia,81.

  6. WO to GOC Egypt, 5 Jan.1916;DMIEgyptto WO, IIJan.1916;andGeneral
    Headquarters,Force "D" to WO, II Jan.1916,PRO/WO33/760.
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    OttomanismtoArabism,33. Also seeClaytontoGovernorGeneralKhartoum, 28
    Feb.1916,PRO/FO882/u/KH/I6/4.
    II.Recountedin"Arabia.Hejaz.Feisal'sTableTalk,"ArabBulletin, 42 (15Feb.
    1917):78, inPRO/FO882/26. AlsonoteDawn,FromOttomanismtoArabism,32;
    Zeine,II?;Fromkin,219;Friedman,QuestionofPalestine,75-76;andAntonius,188.
    12.TheBritishseizedlaterbiographicalmaterialabouthimfromStotzingenhim-
    self;note"Appendix.Stotzingen-NeufeldMissionto Arabia.,"ArabBulletin,13(1Aug.
    1916):133,PRO/FO882/25.
    13.See above, 167.
    14.PrufertoMerrernich,7 Dec. 1915,PA/TiirkeiI65/Bd.38;andHumann,

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