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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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