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A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948 YA_Gift_Guide from the end of the"A provocative history . . . helps us to understand why the Arab spring is so important and valuable." David Ignatius, National Interest In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the Sand is a gripping narrative of the last gasp of imperialism, with