A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle

A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
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The untold history of the French-British rivalry that shaped the Middle East, from Lawrence of Arabia to the violent birth of Israel.
It was the middle of World War I. Two menâ€”one, a visionary British politician (Mark Sykes), the other, a veteran French diplomat (FranÃ§ois Georges-Picot)â€”secretly agreed to divide the Middle East. Britain would have â€œmandatesâ€ in newly created Palestine, Transjordan, and Iraq; France in Lebanon and Syria. For the next thirty years, this divide would make uneasy neighbors of two great powers and irreparably shape the Middle East. James Barr combs recently declassified French and British government archives and unearths a shocking secret war and its powerful effect on the local Arabs and Jews. He follows politicians, diplomats, and spies through intrigue and espionage to show us T. E. Lawrenceâ€™s stealth guerrilla terror campaigns, and he journeys behind closed doors to discover why Britain courted the Zionist movement. Meticulously well researched and character-driven, A Line in the Sand crescendos with the violent birth of Israel, all along the way brimming with insight into a historically volatile region. 30 black-and-white photographs and maps
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 650139
ReleaseDate 2012-01-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393070651

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	650139
ReleaseDate	2012-01-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393070651

A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948

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