A line in the sand : the Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 / James Barr.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xii, 450 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0393070654 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780393070651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Georges-Picot, François, 1870-1951
- Sykes, Mark, 1879-1919
- France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- France -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- France
- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It was the middle of World War I. Two men--one, a visionary British politician (Mark Sykes), the other, a veteran French diplomat (François Georges-Picot)--secretly agreed to divide the Middle East. Britain would have "mandates" 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. Lawrence'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.
"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.
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.
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.