It is plain sailing to condemn the policies of Britain and France in the days when they controlled the Middle East, and A Line in the Sand does so with gusto. The charge is that the two imperial powers engaged in a consuming rivalry that ended in disaster for all concerned.

Literary Review

Sep 2011

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David Pryce-Jones

Among the Muslims who Are Not Arabs

Loitering with Intent

Shock and Awe

Leader of the Freed World

Off-Target

Blame Game

Trouble In Palestine

The Prime of Miss Camberg

From Dissident to President

Raus Mit Uns

Malignant Charlatanry

Kooks & Conservatives

1979 & All That

David Pryce-Jones

Troubles in the Levant

A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East

By James Barr

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