Empire and JihadA panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920 "An epic account of the British Empires activities in Africa and the Middle East. . . . An important, indeed tremendous, contribution."John Newsinger, author of The Blood Never Dried: A Peoples History of the British Empire The Ottoman Sultan called for a "Great Jihad" against the Entente powers at the start of the First World