Redrawing the Middle East : Sir Mark Sykes, imperialism and the Sykes-Picot Agreement / Michael D. Berdine
- Author
- Berdine, Michael D., author
- Additional Titles
- Sir Mark Sykes, imperialism and the Sykes-Picot Agreement
- Published
- London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Physical Description
- xiii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The "Middle East Expert" -- 2.Kitchener's Man and Agent-at-Large -- 3.Islam, India, Iraq and the Arab Bureau -- 4.The Husayn-McMahon Correspondence, the Arab Revolt and Advising the War Cabinet -- 5.The Sykes-Picot Agreement -- 6.War Cabinet Secretariat -- 7.The Zionists and a Jewish Homeland -- 8.Mesopotamia, Arabia and King Husayn -- 9.The Arab Legion and the French Difficulty -- 10.The Balfour Declaration -- 11.Palestine -- 12.Final Days -- 13.The Legacy.
- Summary
- "The Sykes-Picot Agreement [official name: Asia Minor Agreement] was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East. Yet its co-creator, Sir Mark Sykes, had far more involvement in British Middle East strategy during World War I than the Agreement for which he is now most remembered. In this book, Michael Berdine examines the life of this impulsive and headstrong young British aristocrat who helped formulate many of Britain's policies in the Middle East"--
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781788311946
1788311949 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-296) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2017
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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