Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Remembering Colonialism; 1. Out of the Ashes; 2. Sword of Arabia; 3. The Struggle for the Levant; 4. Lovers of Zion; 5. Abdullah's Little Kingdom; 6. Oil and Empire; 7. The Pigeons of Denshawai; 8. Revolution on the Tigris; 9. The Battle of Algiers; 10. Arabian Endgame; Epilogue: The Poisoned Well; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Dramatis Personae; Index