Eisenhower, MacMillan and the Problem of Nasser: Anglo-American Relations and Arab Nationalism, 1955-59

ISBN-13: 9780333644553 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 273 str.

Nigel John Ashton; N. Ashton;Ashton

Opis

This study traces the British and US responses to the Turco-Iraqi Pact of 1955, the Suez crisis, the Syrian crisis of 1957, civil strife in Lebanon, and the Iraqi Revolution of 1958. It shows how differing priorities promoted confrontation and co-operation over Middle Eastern questions.

Recenzje

'Elegantly written and based on the rich archival sources of both states, Ashton's arguments are compelling. Not all scholars of Anglo-American relations will accept his interpretations, but all must grapple with them.' - Peter L. Hahn, The International History Review

'Ashton has outlined a framework for understanding the latter half of the 1950s that future students of the period will want to engage.' - Joel Gordon, American Historical Review

'It is...refreshing to read a account which places 1956 in a longer-term context. Eisenhower, Macmillan and the Problem of Nasser by Nigel John Ashton enables one to judge whether the Suez Crisis was quite the dramatic turning-point it is widely supposed to have been.' - David Carlton, Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction - The Middle East in 1955 - The Background to the Formation of the Baghdad Pact - March 1956 and the Break with Nasser -The Suez Crisis - The Eisenhower Doctrine - The Bermuda Conference and the April 1957 Crisis in Jordan - The Syrian Crisis and the October 1957 Talks - The Formation of the United Arab Republic - The Lebanese Crisis - The Iraqi Revolution - The Course and Conclusion of British and American Intervention - Post-Revolutionary Iraq and the Reassessment of British and American Strategy - Conclusions - Postscript - Index

O autorze

NIGEL J. ASHTON