PART I: AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY: The last days of old Europe
The legacy of the great game in Asia
The Middle East before the war
The young Turks urgently seek an ally
Winston Churchill on the eve of war
Churchill seizes Turkey's warships
An intrigue at the sublime porte
PART II: KITCHENER OF KHARTOUN LOOKS AHEAD: Kitchener takes command
Kitchener sets out to capture Islam
PART III: BRITAIN IS DRAWN INTO THE MIDDLE EASTERN QUESTION: The Turkish commanders almost lose the war
Kitchener allows Britain to attack Turkey
On to victory at the Dardanelles
Defining Britain's goals in the Middle East
At the narrows of fortune
Making promises to the Arabs
Making promises to the European allies
Turkey's triumph at the Tigris
PART IV: SUBVERSION: Behind enemy lines
PART V: THE ALLIES AT THE NADIR OF THEIR FORTUNES: The fall of the allied governments: Britain and France
The overthrow of the Czar
PART VI: NEW WORLDS AND PROMISED LANDS: The new world
Toward the Balfour declaration
PART VII: INVADING THE MIDDLE EAST: Jerusalem for Christmas
PART VIII: THE SPOILS OF VICTORY: The parting of the ways
PART IX: THE TIDE GOES OUT: The ticking clock
The unreal world of the peace conferences
PART X: STORM OVER ASIA: The troubles begin: 1919-1921
Egypt: the winter of 1918-1919
Afghanistan: the spring of 1919
Arabia: the spring of 1919
Syria and Lebanon: the spring and summer of 1920
Eastern Palestine (Transjordan): 1920
Palestine-Arabs and Jews: 1920
PART XI: RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE MIDDLE EAST: Unmasking Britain's enemies
The Soviet challenge in the Middle East
PART XII: THE MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT OF 1922: Winston Churchill takes charge
Churchill and the question of Palestine
The settlement of the Middle East question
Afterword to the 2009 edition.
