The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement Paperback – January 30, 2018

Opened my eyes to the background ; which has lead to,,much of the Middle East aggravation and conflict we see today;.

poorly written book

It took 200 pages to get to the actual meat of the story. The meat was good, just not enough of it. The book dwelled too long on Mark Syke's backstory and irrelevant quotes/letters. Also, Mark Sykes was a spoiled man-child brat that, with the help of Picot, basically destroyed the Middle East out of stupidity and arrogance. This book could have been summarized in 50 pages, let alone 350...