Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion: Britain, Jordan and the End of Empire in the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9781316629239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str.

Graham Jevon

Opis

This study uses the private papers of Glubb Pasha to rethink the end of Britain's imperial presence in the Middle East.

Recenzje

'Jevon is to be congratulated for a scholarly, readable, and valuable study of the life and times of Glubb 'Pasha' from 1945 to 1956. Jevon's work proves the value of how new source material can add substantially to our under- standing of a key period of history.' Bustan

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The 1946 Treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab Legion's planned post-war disbandment; 2. The Partition of Palestine, the Greater Transjordan solution, and the new-found significance of Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion; 3. The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the Greater Transjordan scheme; 4. Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc consolidation of Greater Transjordan; 5. Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab nationalism and the Cold War; 6. A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention; 7. The Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion; 8. Behind the veil of Suez: Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the Treaty; Conclusion.