LEADER 00000cam 2200361Ia 4500 001 829926665 003 OCoLC 005 20130717232251.0 008 130312s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 0393344258 (pbk.) 020 9780393070651 035 (OCoLC)829926665 040 YDXCP|cYDXCP|dBDX|dNTE 043 aw-----|ae-uk---|ae-fr--- 050 DS63|b.B33 2012 100 1 Barr, James,|d1976- 245 12 A line in the sand :|bthe Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 /|cJames Barr 260 New York :|bW. W. Norton,|c2012 300 xii, 450 p., [12] p. of plates :|bill. ;|c21 cm 500 "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 504 Includes bibliographical references and index 505 0 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 520 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 600 10 Sykes, Mark,|d1879-1919 600 10 Georges-Picot, François,|d1870-1951 651 0 Middle East|xPolitics and government|y1914-1945 651 0 Middle East|xForeign relations|y20th century 651 0 Great Britain|xForeign relations|zFrance 651 0 France|xForeign relations|zGreat Britain 651 0 Great Britain|xForeign relations|zMiddle East 651 0 Middle East|xForeign relations|zGreat Britain 651 0 France|xForeign relations|zMiddle East 651 0 Middle East|xForeign relations|zFrance
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