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A line in the sand : the Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
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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 A...
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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- Creator
- James Barr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First American edition
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012
- Physical Details
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- xii, 450 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780393070651, 0393070654, 9780393344257, 0393344258
- OCLC
- ocn738350032
- "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"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
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.