A Line in the Sand A Line in the Sand

A Line in the Sand

Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East

    • R$ 19,90
    • R$ 19,90

Descrição da editora

A fascinating insight into the untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle-lines of the modern Middle East.

In 1916, in the middle of the First World War, two men secretly agreed to divide the Middle East between them. Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary politician; François Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge. They drew a line in the sand from the Mediterranean to the Persian frontier, and together remade the map of the Middle East, with Britain’s 'mandates' of Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq, and France's in Lebanon and Syria.

Over the next thirty years a sordid tale of violence and clandestine political manoeuvring unfolded, told here through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including T.E.Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle. Using declassified papers from the British and French archives, James Barr vividly depicts the covert, deadly war of intrigue and espionage between Britain and France to rule the Middle East, and reveals the shocking way in which the French finally got their revenge.
 
‘The very grubby coalface of foreign policy … I found the entire book most horribly addictive’ Independent

‘One of the unexpected responses to reading this masterful study is amazement at the efforts the British and French each put into undermining the other’ Spectator

GÊNERO
História
LANÇADO
2011
27 de outubro
IDIOMA
EN
Inglês
PÁGINAS
350
EDITORA
Simon & Schuster UK
VENDEDOR
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
TAMANHO
2,9
MB

Mais livros de James Barr

Lords of the Desert Lords of the Desert
2018
The Gods Give My Donkey Wings The Gods Give My Donkey Wings
2024
A correct and authentic narrative of the Indian war in Florida A correct and authentic narrative of the Indian war in Florida
2024
Setting the Desert on Fire Setting the Desert on Fire
2011
The Paranormal Casebook of Jeremiah Thorne The Paranormal Casebook of Jeremiah Thorne
2019
Lords of the Desert Lords of the Desert
2018

Outros clientes também compraram

Fortunes of Africa Fortunes of Africa
2014
The Story of China The Story of China
2020
River Kings River Kings
2021
Viking Britain Viking Britain
2017
The First Crusade The First Crusade
2012
The Irrational Ape The Irrational Ape
2019