BARR JAMES
(P/B) A LINE IN THE SAND
BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE STRUGGLE THAT SHAPED THE MIDDLE EAST
Εκδότης: SIMON & SCHUSTER Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3834-0247
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; Francois Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge. The deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the Entente Cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the Mediterranean to the Persian frontier. Territory north of that stark line would go to France; land south of it, to Britain. Against the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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Ελληνικές / Ξένες Εκδόσεις
Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης
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