The (paperback) ISBN is 978-1-84739-457-6. This a very well researched book about Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East, during and after World War 1 until Israeli independence in 1948, using declassified papers from the British and French archives. It helps to explain the background to the current tension in the Middle East. Britain and France were essentially rivals and the struggle between them appears to have been motivated by the desire for access to oil, by economics and by the desire to hold on to `their' colonies. Neither country comes out of it covered in roses. It is one of those rare books that you don't want to put down. Comments from the covers: The Times - With superb research and telling quotations, Barr has skewered the whole shabby story; The Spectator - One of the unexpected responses to reading this masterful study is amazement at the efforts the British and French each put into undermining the other; Independent - The very grubby coalface of foreign policy .... I found the entire book most horribly addictive; Financial Times - He has scoured the diplomatic archives and has come up with a rich haul that brings his narrative to life.