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A line in the sand : the Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 / James Barr

Author
Barr, James, 1976-
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Description
xii, 450 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
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.
Summary
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.
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ISBN
9780393070651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0393070654 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Note
"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.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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