Israel Gershoni is a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and Kaplan Chair for the History of Egypt and Israel at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Dame and Devil: Egypt and Nazism, 1935–1940, volumes 1 and 2, and coauthor of Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s.

"Gershoni has written an important work, showing that history and human motivations are never simple, and that much of what we think we know about the past is probably wrong." (Shepherd Express) "A compelling new collection edited by Israel Gershoni . . . Its comprehensive overview of the topic, engaging prose, and historiographical rigor combine to produce a cumulative work highly recommended for specialists and general readers alike."(American Historical Review) "[A] major contribution to the growing literature on this subject . . . Gershoni may be seeking to establish a revised narrative on this subject but there is a refreshing range of opinions in his volume."(Middle Eastern Studies)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Analysis of Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism in Middle Eastern StudiesIsrael GershoniPart I: Syria and Lebanon1. A Challenge to the Local Order: Reactions to Nazism in the Syrian and Lebanese PressGÖtz Nordbruch2. Against the Tide: The Secret Alliance between the Syrian National Bloc Leaders and Great Britain, 1941–1942Meir Zamir3. Memoirs Do Not Deceive: Syrians Confront Fascism and Nazism--as Reflected in the Memoirs of Syrian Political Leaders and IntellectualsEyal ZisserPart II: Palestine4. More than the Mufti: Other Arab-Palestinian Voices on Nazi Germany, 1933–1945, and Their Postwar NarrationsRenÉ Wildangel5. The Spanish Civil War as Reflected in Contemporary Palestinian PressMustafa KabhaPart III: Iraq6. Iraqi Shadows, Iraqi Lights: Anti-Fascist and Anti-Nazi Voices in Monarchic Iraq, 1932–1941Orit BashkinPart IV: Egypt7. The View from the Embassy: British Assessments of Egyptian Attitudes during World War IIJames Jankowski8. The Rise of Homemade Egyptian Communism: A Response to the Challenge Posed by Fascism and Nazism?Rami Ginat9. "The Crime of Nazism against Humanity": Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat and the Outbreak of the World War IIIsrael Gershoni10. The War and the Holocaust in the Egyptian Public Discourse, 1945–1947Esther WebmanPart V: Other Arab Voices11. The Tiger and the Lion: Fascism and Ethiopia in Arab EyesHaggai ErlichNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

Israel Gershoni is a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and Kaplan Chair for the History of Egypt and Israel at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Dame and Devil: Egypt and Nazism, 1935–1940, volumes 1 and 2, and coauthor of Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s.

"Gershoni has written an important work, showing that history and human motivations are never simple, and that much of what we think we know about the past is probably wrong." (Shepherd Express) "A compelling new collection edited by Israel Gershoni . . . Its comprehensive overview of the topic, engaging prose, and historiographical rigor combine to produce a cumulative work highly recommended for specialists and general readers alike."(American Historical Review) "[A] major contribution to the growing literature on this subject . . . Gershoni may be seeking to establish a revised narrative on this subject but there is a refreshing range of opinions in his volume."(Middle Eastern Studies)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Analysis of Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism in Middle Eastern StudiesIsrael GershoniPart I: Syria and Lebanon1. A Challenge to the Local Order: Reactions to Nazism in the Syrian and Lebanese PressGÖtz Nordbruch2. Against the Tide: The Secret Alliance between the Syrian National Bloc Leaders and Great Britain, 1941–1942Meir Zamir3. Memoirs Do Not Deceive: Syrians Confront Fascism and Nazism--as Reflected in the Memoirs of Syrian Political Leaders and IntellectualsEyal ZisserPart II: Palestine4. More than the Mufti: Other Arab-Palestinian Voices on Nazi Germany, 1933–1945, and Their Postwar NarrationsRenÉ Wildangel5. The Spanish Civil War as Reflected in Contemporary Palestinian PressMustafa KabhaPart III: Iraq6. Iraqi Shadows, Iraqi Lights: Anti-Fascist and Anti-Nazi Voices in Monarchic Iraq, 1932–1941Orit BashkinPart IV: Egypt7. The View from the Embassy: British Assessments of Egyptian Attitudes during World War IIJames Jankowski8. The Rise of Homemade Egyptian Communism: A Response to the Challenge Posed by Fascism and Nazism?Rami Ginat9. "The Crime of Nazism against Humanity": Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat and the Outbreak of the World War IIIsrael Gershoni10. The War and the Holocaust in the Egyptian Public Discourse, 1945–1947Esther WebmanPart V: Other Arab Voices11. The Tiger and the Lion: Fascism and Ethiopia in Arab EyesHaggai ErlichNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

Israel Gershoni is a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and Kaplan Chair for the History of Egypt and Israel at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Dame and Devil: Egypt and Nazism, 1935–1940, volumes 1 and 2, and coauthor of Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s.

"Gershoni has written an important work, showing that history and human motivations are never simple, and that much of what we think we know about the past is probably wrong." (Shepherd Express) "A compelling new collection edited by Israel Gershoni . . . Its comprehensive overview of the topic, engaging prose, and historiographical rigor combine to produce a cumulative work highly recommended for specialists and general readers alike."(American Historical Review) "[A] major contribution to the growing literature on this subject . . . Gershoni may be seeking to establish a revised narrative on this subject but there is a refreshing range of opinions in his volume."(Middle Eastern Studies)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Analysis of Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism in Middle Eastern StudiesIsrael GershoniPart I: Syria and Lebanon1. A Challenge to the Local Order: Reactions to Nazism in the Syrian and Lebanese PressGÖtz Nordbruch2. Against the Tide: The Secret Alliance between the Syrian National Bloc Leaders and Great Britain, 1941–1942Meir Zamir3. Memoirs Do Not Deceive: Syrians Confront Fascism and Nazism--as Reflected in the Memoirs of Syrian Political Leaders and IntellectualsEyal ZisserPart II: Palestine4. More than the Mufti: Other Arab-Palestinian Voices on Nazi Germany, 1933–1945, and Their Postwar NarrationsRenÉ Wildangel5. The Spanish Civil War as Reflected in Contemporary Palestinian PressMustafa KabhaPart III: Iraq6. Iraqi Shadows, Iraqi Lights: Anti-Fascist and Anti-Nazi Voices in Monarchic Iraq, 1932–1941Orit BashkinPart IV: Egypt7. The View from the Embassy: British Assessments of Egyptian Attitudes during World War IIJames Jankowski8. The Rise of Homemade Egyptian Communism: A Response to the Challenge Posed by Fascism and Nazism?Rami Ginat9. "The Crime of Nazism against Humanity": Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat and the Outbreak of the World War IIIsrael Gershoni10. The War and the Holocaust in the Egyptian Public Discourse, 1945–1947Esther WebmanPart V: Other Arab Voices11. The Tiger and the Lion: Fascism and Ethiopia in Arab EyesHaggai ErlichNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex