| Physical description |
1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Britain and decolonization : the labour governments and the Middle East, 1941-51 / Nicholas Owen -- The strategic role of the Middle East after the war / Michael J. Cohen -- Britain and the politics of the Arab League, 1943-50 / Michael Thornhill -- Economic aspects of the Arab nationalism / Rodney Wilson -- A new Middle East? the crystallization of the Arab state system after the Second World War / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman -- Lampson and the wartime control of Egypt / Martin Kolinsky -- Egypt 1945-52 : the uses of disorder / Charles Tripp -- Britain and the Egyptian problem, 1945-48 / John Kent -- Discord or partnership? British and American policy toward Egypt, 1942-56 / Peter L. Hahn -- The decline of British influence and the ruling elite in Iraq / Michael Eppel -- British rule in Jordan, 1943-55 / Ilan Pappé -- Britain and the Palestine question, 1945-48 : the dialectic of regional and international constraints / Avraham Sela. |
| Summary |
Britain emerged from World War II dependent economically and militarily upon the US. Egypt was the hub of Britain's imperial interests in the Middle East, but her inability to maintain a large garrison there was clear to the indigenous peoples. These essays track the decline of the empire. |
| Language notes |
English. |
| Other author |
Cohen, Michael Joseph, 1940-
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Kolinsky, Martin.
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| Subject |
Nationalism -- Middle East.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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| ISBN |
9781136313752 (electronic bk.) |
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1136313753 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203044483 (e-book ; PDF) |
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0203044487 |
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1299458432 |
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9781299458437 |
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0714648043 |
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9780714648040 |
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0714644773 |
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9780714644776 |
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1136313826 |
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9781136313820 |
| Standard Number |
10.4324/9780203044483 |
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