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Empire of Sand: How Britain Shaped the Middle East Book

At the end of the First World War the modern Middle East was created by Britain and France, who carved up the old Ottoman possessions with scant regard for the wishes of those who lived there. Frontiers were devised and alien dynasties imposed on the populations as arbitrarily as in mediaeval times. It was destined from the outset to failure. Promises had been made to the Arabs during the War, but were not honoured, and brief hopes for Arab unity were dashed, leading to a bitter belief in western perfidy that persists to the present day. Britain was quick to see the riches promised by the black pools of oil that lay on the ground around Baghdad, and when France too grasped their importance, bitter differences opened up between the two allies, and the areas became a focus of a return to the traditional enmity between them.Read More

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    With reference to a huge amount of primary and secondary sources Walter Reid explores Britain's role in the creation of the modern Middle East and the rise of Zionism from the early years of the twentieth century to 1948 when Britain handed over Palestine to UN control.

  • 1843410532
  • 9781843410539
  • Walter Reid
  • 4 August 2011
  • Birlinn Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 416
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