Postlude as prelude Palestine before World War I "Ottomanism," "Arabism" and Sharif Hussein First steps towards the Arab revolt The next steps The Hussein-McMahon correspondence The Sykes-Picot agreement The revolt begins Prewar British Jews Weizmann's first steps The "assimilationists" The road forks Forging the British-Zionist connection Defining the British-Arab connection Managing the British-Zionist connection Sokolow in France and Italy Revelation of the Sykes Picot agreement British Muslims, the Anglo-Ottoman society and the disillusioning of Marmaduke Pickthall The curious venture of J.R. Pilling Henry Morgenthau and the deceiving of Chaim Weizmann The man who was "Greenmantle" The Zaharoff gambit The ascendency of Chaim Weizmann Lawrence and the Arabs on the verge The declaration at last The declaration endangered A drawing together of threads