MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02688cam a22004214a 4500
001 2011038037
003 DLC
005 20120901082422.0
008 110923s2012 nyuaf b 001 0deng
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020 $a9780393070651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0393070654 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn738350032
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050 00 $aDS63$b.B33 2012
082 00 $a956/.03$223
100 1 $aBarr, James,$d1976-
245 12 $aA line in the sand :$bthe Anglo-French struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 /$cJames Barr.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$c2012.
300 $axii, 450 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aUses 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.
505 0 $aPt. 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.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y1914-1945.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$y20th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zFrance.
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zMiddle East.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zMiddle East.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zFrance.
600 10 $aSykes, Mark,$d1879-1919.
600 10 $aGeorges-Picot, François,$d1870-1951.