Anglo-Italian Relations in the Middle East, 1922-1940
[Book]
/ Massimiliano Fiore
Farnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT
: Ashgate
, 2010.
x, 229 p.
: ill, maps
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The Anglo-Italian covert war in the Arabian Peninsula and in the Red Sea, 1922-1934.- Anglo-Italian competition in the Red Sea before the advent of Mussolini.- Fascist Italy's political and commercial penetration in Arabia and the British response.- The Anglo-Italian daetente.- Winds of war through the desert.- Fascist propaganda in the Arab-world, 1934-1940.- Fascist Italy's anti-British propaganda in Egypt and Palestine.- British cultural diplomacy and counter-propaganda in the Middle East, 1934-1940.- The activities of the British Council in Egypt.- The establishment of the BBC Arabic service.- Britain and Fascist Italy's political and financial support for the great Palestinian uprising, 1933-1940.- Fascist financial assistance to the Palestinian national movement.- Arms and ammunition to the Palestinian national movement.- A chill in the relations between the Fascist regime and the Palestinian national movement, 1938-1940.- Armaments diplomacy in the Persian Gulf, 1925-1940.- The Anglo-Italian naval armament competition in Persia.- The Anglo-Italian aeronautical armament competition in Iraq.- Anglo-Italian imperial competition in the Arabian Peninsula, 1934-1940.- Arms for Saudi Arabia.- Expansionism in Yemen.- Cold War in southern Arabia in the wake of the Ethiopian War.- The Anglo-Italian agreement on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea.- Anglo-Italian activities in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the Second World War.- Dreams of imperial greatness, 1922-1940.- The Anglo-Italian imperial clash in the Middle East.- Epilogue: Shattered dreams