Book reviews

Middle East The Foundation of the League of Arab States. By Ahmed M. Gomaa. Longmans, London, 1977. Pp. 323. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. £14.00. Armenians in the Service of the Ottoman Empire 1860–1908. By Mesrob K. Krikorian. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. 1977. Pp. xii + 149. Map. Index. £3.00. French Imperialism in the Middle East: the Failure of Policy in Syria and Lebanon, 1900–1914. By William I. Shorrock. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison and London, 1976. Pp. x+214. Map. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. $17.50. Arabian Time Machine. By Helga Graham. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1978. P. 338. Illus. Map. Gloss. Index. £7.50. The Camel and the Wheel. By Richard Bulliet. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1975. Pp. xiv + 327. Maps.…