American and British strategic visions in the postwar world /
Aiyaz Husain
364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
All of Palestine -- Remapping Zion -- The contested valley -- Keystone of the strategic arch -- Imperial residues -- Two visions of the postwar world -- Maps, ideas, and geopolitics -- Joining the community of nations -- From imagined to real borders
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By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia