{"product_id":"2026200012352-secondhand-britain-and-france-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","title":"Britain And France In The Middle East And North Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of empire and ambition, Britain and France in the Middle East and North Africa chronicles the complex and often turbulent rivalry between two great European powers as they competed for dominance over some of the world's most strategically vital territories. Ann Williams presents a rigorous historical account of Anglo-French imperial maneuvering across the Levant, Egypt, and the Maghreb, tracing the roots of colonial competition from the era of Napoleon through the upheavals of the twentieth century. Against a backdrop of shifting alliances, nationalist awakenings, and the brutal realities of two world wars, Williams details how the ambitions of London and Paris repeatedly collided — and occasionally converged — to shape the modern map of the Middle East and North Africa.\n\nPart of the prestigious Making of the 20th Century series, this work brings scholarly authority and analytical clarity to a subject too often reduced to headlines or oversimplifications. Williams argues that the legacies of this imperial contest — the Sykes-Picot agreement, the mandates system, and the slow unraveling of colonial control — continue to reverberate through the geopolitics of the region to this day. Her precise, unflinching prose illuminates the human and political costs of empire, leaving the reader to wonder whether the fault lines drawn by these two powers were ever truly meant to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130934796507,"sku":"2026200012352-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f68ec884-2c57-42dd-8b33-e0ef597e7617.png?v=1786592741","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012352-secondhand-britain-and-france-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}