Assess the Hussein-McMahon correspondence, the Sykes-Picot agreement, and the Balfour Declaration.

Question: After World War One, the Arabs claimed that the British had “stabbed them in the back” by not granting them an independent Arab state or states. Assess the Hussein-McMahon correspondence, the Sykes-Picot agreement, and the Balfour Declaration. Were the Great Powers duplicitous or just muddling through? Are the Arabs correct to believe that they were stabbed in the back?