A Line In The Sand: Britain France And Struggle That Shaped Middle East James Barr Simon Schuster Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

‘The Very Grubby Coalface Of Foreign Policy … I Found The Entire Book Most Horribly Addictive’ Independent ‘One Unexpected Responses To Reading This Masterful Study Is Amazement At Efforts British And French Each Put Into Undermining Other’ Spectator A Fascinating Insight Untold Story How British-French Rivalry Drew Battle-Lines Modern Middle East In 1916 First World War Two Men Secretly Agreed Divide Between Them Sir Mark Sykes Was Visionary Politician François Georges-Picot Diplomat With Grudge They Line Sand From Mediterranean Persian Frontier Together Remade Map Britain’s \ Mandates\ Palestine Transjordan Iraq France\ S Lebanon Syria Over Next Thirty Years Sordid Tale Violence Clandestine Political Manoeuvring Unfolded Told Here Through Stellar Cast Politicians Diplomats Spies Soldiers Including T E Lawrence Winston Churchill Charles De Gaulle Using Declassified Papers Archives James Barr Vividly Depicts Covert Deadly Intrigue Espionage Britain France Rule Reveals Shocking Way Which Finally Got Their Revenge Σελίδες: 464 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0426 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm