Redrawing the Middle East
An edition of Redrawing the Middle East (2018)
Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes-Picot Agreement
By Michael D. Berdine
Publish Date
2019
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Language
eng
Pages
328
Description:
"The Sykes-Picot Agreement [official name: Asia Minor Agreement] was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East. Yet its co-creator, Sir Mark Sykes, had far more involvement in British Middle East strategy during World War I than the Agreement for which he is now most remembered. In this book, Michael Berdine examines the life of this impulsive and headstrong young British aristocrat who helped formulate many of Britain's policies in the Middle East"--