8vo. Volume I: De 1906 à la révolte de 1916, 199 pp., [1] / Volume II: De Juin 1916 à nos jours. La Lutte pour l'indépendance: 221 pp., [1], later half calf binding with cloth boards, title gilt on raised spine, new endpapers, appendices, occasional minor spotting, small closed tear on 4 leaves (p 65-72) without any loss to text, otherwise copy in good condition, Librairie Colbert Ch Bohrer, Paris, 1925.

Synopsis

A presentation copy signed and dated by the author at the beginning of each volume.
Eugène Jung (1863-1936) was vice-resident of France in Tonkin (in 1895). He published several articles on colonial policy and the Eastern question as well as books on Islam.
This work is a stimulating discussion of the revival of nationalism in the Near East. The Arab Revolt or the Great Arab Revolt was a military uprising of Arab forces against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.