ASIN: B00YATF2LO
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 74
The different ethnic and religious groups of the Middle East seem to be constantly at war. But how did such artificial states come into existence in the first place? The real story of how the modern Middle East was created has long since been lost in myth and counter-myth. At the heart of the problem is the common misunderstanding that the Sykes-Picot Agreement is the source of today’s troubles. This notorious agreement, made in May 1916 between British expert Sir Mark Sykes and his French counterpart, M. Georges-Picot, carved up the Middle East between the imperial powers and has since become the scapegoat for everything that has gone wrong in the region.But in 1917 Sir Edmund Allenby led the British and Australian troops on a successful military campaign to conquer Jerusalem and Damascus in a victory roll that was one of the most outstanding in recent history. And the campaign ...
