Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Maps, Figures, and Documents VI
4. Preface and Acknowledgments IX
5. The German Middle Eastern Policy, 1871-1945 1
6. The German Mission to Afghanistan 1915-1916 25
7. “When Continents Awake, Island Empires Fall!” Germany and the Destabilization of the East 1919-1922 65
8. “The Jinnee and the Magic Bottle”. Fritz Grobba and the German Middle Eastern Policy 1900-1945 87
9. German-Saudi Relations and Their Actors on the Arabian Peninsula, 1924-1939 119
10. German Research on the Ancient Near East and Its Relation to Political and Economic Interests from Kaiserreich to World War II 155
11. Berlin - Ankara - Baghdad. Franz von Papen and German Near East Policy during the Second World War 181
12. In the Shadow of the Moon. Arab Inmates in Nazi Concentration Camps 217
13. About the Authors 241
14. Selected Bibliography 245
15. Index 259