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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2012.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xii, 450 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393070651
  • 0393070654
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956/.03 23
LOC classification:
  • DS63 .B37 201i
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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"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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