Ending Empire in the Middle East
Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973
This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it covers all the key events of the period, including the withdrawal from Palestine, the Anglo-American coup against the Musaddiq regime in Iran, the Suez Crisis and its aftermath, the Iraqi and Yemeni revolutions, and the Arab-Israeli conflicts. It demonstrates that, far from experiencing a 'loss of nerve' or tamely acquiescing in a transfer of power to th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-136-50147-0
- EAN: 9781136501470
- Produktnummer: 13837929
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'720 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen
Über den Autor
Simon C. Smith is Professor of International History at the University of Hull. He has published widely on British imperial history and his books include Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah and Oil and Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States, 1950-1971.
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