A Line in the Sand : : the Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
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"First published in Great Britain in 2011 under the title A line in the sand : Britain, France, and the struggle for the mastery of the Middle East"--T.p. verso.
Pt. 1: The carve-up, 1915-1919. Very practical politics ; Monsieur Picot ; Enter T. E. Lawrence ; Allenby's man ; I want Mosul ; Deadlock -- Pt. 2: Interwar tensions, 1920-1939. The crusader ; Revolt in Iraq ; The best and cheapest solution ; The Druze revolt ; The crushing of the Druzes ; The pipeline ; Revenge! Revenge! ; Fighting terror with terror ; Placating the Arabs -- Pt. 3: The secret war, 1940-1945. A king in exile ; A squalid episode ; Completely intransigent, extremely rude ; Envoy extraordinary ; Dirty work ; Another Fashoda ; Friends in need ; Trop de zèle ; The murder of Lord Moyne -- Pt. 4: Exit, 1945-1949. Time to call the shots ; Got to think again ; The American League for a Free Palestine ; French and Zionist intrigues ; Last post.
Uses recently declassified French and British government documents to describe how the two countries secretly divided the Middle East during World War I and the effect these mandates had on local Arabs and Jews.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xii, 450 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393070651
0393070654
SUBJECTS
Sykes, Mark, -- 1879-1919.
Georges-Picot, François, -- 1870-1951.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
France -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- France.