Britain's divisive role prior to 1919 -- Indianisation of the Gulf -- The isolation of Egypt -- The Judaisation of Palestine -- The Arab kingdom, 1919-23 -- Arab unity during World War I -- The Arab kingdom -- The Arab confederation -- The Arab conference, 1931-3 -- The Islamic conference in Jerusalem -- The Arab conference in Baghdad -- Between Arab unity and pan-Arabism, 1936-41 -- Pan-Islamism-Arabism -- Pouring over the concepts -- The impact of the war -- British policy towards Arab unity during World War II, 1941-3 -- New planning -- Economic cultural unity -- Convening the Arab conference -- Britain and the establishment of the Arab league, 1943-5 -- The preparatory meeting -- The Antoniadis conference -- Issuing the charter.