Security in the Gulf: Local Militaries Before British Withdrawal

ISBN-13: 9781108488372 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 306 str.

Ash Rossiter

Opis

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and discharged its defence obligations in the Gulf before 1971.

Recenzje

'Security in the Gulf fills an important lacuna in the scholarly literature about the last period of the Arabian states under British protection. Rossiter's book is engagingly written, deeply thoughtful, and extensively researched – it is a major contribution to the historical scholarship on the Gulf and the British Empire.' Zoltan Barany, University of Texas

Spis treści

Introduction. Local militaries and imperialism; 1. Patterns of protection in the Gulf; 2. British India and local security arrangements; 3. Local militaries and intensified British interests; 4. Intervention or local means of coercion?: unrest in Bahrain and Qatar; 5. Local forces and Britain's Silver Age in the Gulf; 6. Securing the Gulf after Britain's withdrawal; Conclusion. Security on the cheap?