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Demise of the British empire in the Middle East : Britain's responses to nationalist movements, 1943-55

Title
Demise of the British empire in the Middle East : Britain's responses to nationalist movements, 1943-55 / edited by Michael J. Cohen and Martin Kolinsky.
Publication
London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Cohen, Michael Joseph, 1940-
  • Kolinsky, Martin.
Description
xv, 255 pages : map; 24 cm
Summary
This book deals with the gradual edipse of British imperial power in the Middle East, which began during World War Two and reached its denouement with Britain's agreement to evacuate the Suez base in 1954.
Subject
  • Since 1945
  • Nationalism > Middle East
  • 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Nationalism
  • Politics and government
  • Entkolonialisierung
  • Nationalismus
  • Britse Rijk
  • Verval (geschiedenis)
  • Nationalisme
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > Middle East
  • Middle East > Foreign relations > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-
  • Middle East > Politics and government > 1945-
  • Great Britain
  • Middle East
  • Naher Osten
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Britain and decolonization : the labour governments and the Middle East, 1945-51 / 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.
ISBN
  • 0714648043
  • 9780714648040
  • 0714644773
  • 9780714644776
LCCN
98014415
OCLC
  • ocm38474299
  • 38474299
  • SCSB-14453842
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library