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Redrawing the Middle East

Redrawing the Middle East

Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes-Picot Agreement

By Michael D. Berdine

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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"--