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Barr, James, 1976-
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.
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Barr, James, 1976-
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.
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A line in the sand : the Anglo-French struggle for the
Middle
East
, 1914-1948 / James Barr.
by
Barr, James, 1976-
W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.
Call #:
956.03 B268L
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
.
ISBN:
9780393070651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0393070654 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
xii, 450 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"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.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-421) and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1: 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.
Summary:
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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