Yanbu a Minor Battle with Major Consequences
The struggle for this Red Sea port was not much of a battle by World War I standards, but its consequences were nevertheless profound-to the Ottomans, to the Arab Revolt, and to a century of follow-on effects that came in its trail. After a flurry of preventive political and military measures, and a...
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Published in | Army Vol. 66; no. 12; p. 69 |
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Format | Trade Publication Article |
Language | English |
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Arlington
Association of the US Army
01.12.2016
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Summary: | The struggle for this Red Sea port was not much of a battle by World War I standards, but its consequences were nevertheless profound-to the Ottomans, to the Arab Revolt, and to a century of follow-on effects that came in its trail. After a flurry of preventive political and military measures, and amid a substantial jihadi-inspired campaign launched among the Senussi along the Libyan border, the British surmised they could keep a lid on jihad within their empire as long as the Ottomans were not winning on the battlefield. Never have the consequences of inadequate plans to secure peace been more consequential than in the aftermath of World War I. The ideal of a peaceable and united Arab Kingdom was gone with the wind. ^ |
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ISSN: | 0004-2455 |