Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71

ISBN-13: 9780415646215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 224 str.

Simon C Smith

Opis

Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. This book examines the decision-making process which underpinned Britain's reasons for leaving the Gulf.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Responsibility without Power: British Policy towards the Gulf, 1950-67 2. Defence Reviews, Devaluation, and Britain's Departure from the Gulf 3. The Failure of the Federal Idea in the Gulf, 1950-68 4. Unity and Division in the Lower Gulf: The Emergence of the United Arab Emirates 5. Conflict and Co-operation: Anglo-American Relations in the Gulf from the Nationlization of Anglo-Iranian to the Yemeni Revolution 6. The 'Special Relationship' and the withdrawal from East of Suez Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

Simon Smith was brought up in Kent and studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 1994, he became a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow and since his appointment to the History Department at Hull University in 1997, he has lectured in international history.