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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Barr, James, 1976-     Subjects     Sykes, Mark, 1879-1919.     Georges-Picot, François, 1870-1951.     Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.     Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.     Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.     France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.     Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.     Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.     France -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.     Middle East -- Foreign relations -- France.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Barr, James, 1976-       by title:      A line in the sand :...         MARC Display

A line in the sand : the Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 / James Barr. by Barr, James, 1976- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012. Subjects Sykes, Mark, 1879-1919.   Georges-Picot, François, 1870-1951.   Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.   Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.   Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.   France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.   Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.   Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.   France -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.   Middle East -- Foreign relations -- France. ISBN:  9780393070651 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0393070654 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  xii, 450 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st American ed. 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 956.03 Barr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 956.03 Ba Checked out 05/16/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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