The League of Nations and the question of national identity in the Fertile Crescent.(Wilson and the League of Nations, part 2) From: World Affairs | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: Gelvin, James L. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The post-World War II demarcation of boundaries in the Middle East mandated by the League of Nations seems arbitrary considering the linguistic, ethnic and historic ties among the Arabs living in the region. Nevertheless, the adoption of capitalist systems and Western institutions of government helped to stabilize those artificial national boundaries. However, Arabs in the Middle East maintain supranational loyalties which reflect common ethnic ties and account for the peculiar relations amon...

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