Britain and State Formation in Arabia 1962-1971: From Aden to Abu Dhabi

ISBN-13: 9781138556751 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 158 str.

Clive Jones

Opis

At a time of state fragmentation across the Middle East, this book offers important new historical insights into how the process of state creation by external powers has always been a fraught process across Arabia.  The chapters were originally published in a special issue in Middle Eastern Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction. Aden, South Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective study in state failure and state creation  1. A triumph of realism? Britain, Aden and the end of empire, 1964–67  2. The missing link? Police and state-building in South Arabia  3. Explaining the triumph of the National Liberation Front  4. The Nasser factor: Anglo-Egyptian relations and Yemen/Aden crisis 1962–65  5. The North Yemen civil war and the failure of the Federation of South Arabia  6. Failure and success in state formation: British policy towards the Federation of South Arabia and the United Arab Emirates  7. Anglo-American relations over Aden and the United Arab Emirates, 1967–71  8. From union (ʾıttihad) to united (muttahida): the United Arab Emirates, a success born of failure  9. Aden and the Gulf: the reflections of a political officer