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At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it.

The Sykes–Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous
British and French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divide
of the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in
World War I. Excluding Arab involvement, it negated their
earlier guarantee of independence made by the British –
and controversy has raged around it ever since.
But who was Mark Sykes?

A century on, Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facets
of a misremembered diplomatic giant. Using previously
undisclosed family letters and cartoons by his grandfather,
he delivers a comprehensive and humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East.

The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement

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At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 19/10/2017
    ISBN13: 9780008121938, 978-0008121938
    ISBN10: 0008121931

    Number of Pages: 384

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it.

    The Sykes–Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous
    British and French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divide
    of the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in
    World War I. Excluding Arab involvement, it negated their
    earlier guarantee of independence made by the British –
    and controversy has raged around it ever since.
    But who was Mark Sykes?

    A century on, Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facets
    of a misremembered diplomatic giant. Using previously
    undisclosed family letters and cartoons by his grandfather,
    he delivers a comprehensive and humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East.

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