A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East by James Barr

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East

James Barr

350 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary politician; François Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge. They drew a line in the sand from the Mediterranean to the Persian frontier, and together remade the map of the Middle East, with Britain’s 'mandates' of P...

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