The End of Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Relinquishment of Power in Her Last Three Arab Dependencies

ISBN-13: 9780521466363 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 304 str.

Glen Balfour-Paul; Edmund Burke; Michael C. Hudson

Opis

This book is an original and perceptive study of Britain's withdrawal from her last Arab Dependencies, based on a combination of first hand experience and extensive research. Glen Balfour-Paul opens by outlining Britain's position in the Middle East at the end of the Second World War. He then presents in three separate chapters a detailed account of the forces that culminated in withdrawal from each of the countries. In the final chapters, the author compares and contrasts the three episodes in terms of Britain's evolving attitude to empire, public pressures from within and outside the territories, the tensions that arose between policy makers in London and those executing their decisions, attitudes of British officials to their task and the political and economic aftermath of independence.

Recenzje

'Elegantly written and gives a balanced picture which should commend it to experts and amateurs alike.' Peter Tripp, British Journal for Middle Eastern Studies

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Foreword Sir Anthony Parsons; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The regional consequences of World War II; 2. The Sudan episode; 3. The South West Arabian episode; 4. The Gulf episode; 5. Comparisons, without odium; 6. Epilogues and epitaphs.