Reeva Spector Simon served as Associate Director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University, and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She is the author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars and co-editor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times.

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• INTRODUCTION PART I. PROLOGUE Chapter 1. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa on the eve of World War II Chapter 2. The issue of racism and opposition to Nazism Chapter 3. German and Italian Middle East policy PART II. THE WAR BEGINS Chapter 4. The war begins: The war in the Levant Chapter 5. The threat to Palestine Chapter 6. Iraq and the Farhud in Baghdad Chapter 7. Vichy in Syria and Lebanon Chapter 8. Iran and the "Tehran children" PART III. THE WAR CONTINUES Chapter 9. The war continues: The North African campaign Chapter 10. Egypt and the panic of 1942 Chapter 11. Bombings and deportations in Libya Chapter 12. Algeria and Operation Torch Chapter 13. The Nazi SS in Tunisia Chapter 14. Labor camps and refugees in Morocco Chapter 15. Turkish neutrality and refugees PART IV. EPILOGUE Chapter 16. The war ends: Epilogue

Reeva Spector Simon served as Associate Director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University, and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She is the author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars and co-editor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times.

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• INTRODUCTION PART I. PROLOGUE Chapter 1. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa on the eve of World War II Chapter 2. The issue of racism and opposition to Nazism Chapter 3. German and Italian Middle East policy PART II. THE WAR BEGINS Chapter 4. The war begins: The war in the Levant Chapter 5. The threat to Palestine Chapter 6. Iraq and the Farhud in Baghdad Chapter 7. Vichy in Syria and Lebanon Chapter 8. Iran and the "Tehran children" PART III. THE WAR CONTINUES Chapter 9. The war continues: The North African campaign Chapter 10. Egypt and the panic of 1942 Chapter 11. Bombings and deportations in Libya Chapter 12. Algeria and Operation Torch Chapter 13. The Nazi SS in Tunisia Chapter 14. Labor camps and refugees in Morocco Chapter 15. Turkish neutrality and refugees PART IV. EPILOGUE Chapter 16. The war ends: Epilogue

Reeva Spector Simon served as Associate Director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University, and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. She is the author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars and co-editor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times.

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• INTRODUCTION PART I. PROLOGUE Chapter 1. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa on the eve of World War II Chapter 2. The issue of racism and opposition to Nazism Chapter 3. German and Italian Middle East policy PART II. THE WAR BEGINS Chapter 4. The war begins: The war in the Levant Chapter 5. The threat to Palestine Chapter 6. Iraq and the Farhud in Baghdad Chapter 7. Vichy in Syria and Lebanon Chapter 8. Iran and the "Tehran children" PART III. THE WAR CONTINUES Chapter 9. The war continues: The North African campaign Chapter 10. Egypt and the panic of 1942 Chapter 11. Bombings and deportations in Libya Chapter 12. Algeria and Operation Torch Chapter 13. The Nazi SS in Tunisia Chapter 14. Labor camps and refugees in Morocco Chapter 15. Turkish neutrality and refugees PART IV. EPILOGUE Chapter 16. The war ends: Epilogue