A Line In The Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle For The Middle East 1914-1948 by James Barr

A Line In The Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle For The Middle East 1914-1948

James Barr

464 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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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 Pal...

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