TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barr,James
TI  - A line in the sand: the Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 
SN  - 9780393070651 :
AV  - DS63 .B33 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Co.
KW  - Sykes, Mark,
KW  - Georges-Picot, François,
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1914-1945
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - France
N1  - "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
N2  - 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
ER  -