Redrawing the Middle East

Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes–Picot Agreement

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ID23528942
AuthorsMichael D Berdine
Year2018
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRedrawing the Middle East (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherI.B. Tauris (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350987746
OpenAlexW4234120974
ISBN9781350987746
LanguageEN
Citations received5

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East. Yet its co-creator, Sir Mark Sykes, had far more involvement in British Middle East strategy during World War I than the Agreement for which he is now most remembered. Between 1915 and 1916, Sykes was Lord Kitchener's agent at home and abroad, operating out of the War Office until the war secretary's death at sea in 1916. Following that, from 1916 to 1919 he worked at the Imperial War Cabinet, the War Cabinet Secretariat and, finally, as an advisor to the Foreign Office. The full extent of Sykes's work and influence has previously not been told. Moreover, the general impression given of him is at variance with the facts. Sykes led the negotiations with the Zionist leadership in the formulation of the Balfour Declaration, which he helped to write, and promoted their cause

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cabinet (room) · Diplomacy · Middle East · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Settlement (finance) · Theology · African history and culture analysis · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy

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