Jihad and the British empire

<p>Neil Faulkner reveals how the Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 helped give rise to the first modern jihad</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Neil Faulkner, author of&nbsp;<em>Empire and Jihad</em>, describes how Britain’s entanglements in the Middle East and north Africa in the decades leading up to the First World War helped trigger a radical Islamic insurgency.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(Ad) Neil Faulkner is the author of&nbsp;<em>Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920</em>&nbsp;(Yale, 2021). Buy it now from Amazon:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Jihad-Anglo-Arab-Wars-1870-1920/dp/0300227493/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Jihad-Anglo-Arab-Wars-1870-1920/dp/0300227493/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>