Table of Contents

1 The Bases of English Policy in the Middle East, 1830-1914

2 The Making of the Sykes-Picot Agreement

3 Sir Mark Sykes

4 Colonel Lawrence

5 The Unmaking of the Sykes-Picot Agreement

6 Syria, 1918- 1920

7 Mesopotamia, 1918-1921

About the Author

Elie Kedourie was a British historian and political theorist of Iraqi-Jewish descent, renowned for his critical approach to Middle Eastern history and nationalism. His scholarship focused on the development of national identities in the Arab world and the implications of colonial legacies.