Parameters of power: The quandary of Yemen between the world wars
[Thesis]
Colleen Boyett
Garretson, Peter
The Florida State University
2014
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Committee members: Doan, Petra; Gaiser, Adam; Grant, Jonathan
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-00073-3
Ph.D.
History
The Florida State University
2014
The purpose of this dissertation is to use a Foucauldian lens to examine the nature and scope of the many challenges the British faced in southwest Arabia in the wake of the retreating Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. The subsequent power vacuum which ensued meant that Britain had to make a decision as to the nature of its future imperial policy in Yemen beyond Aden. The challenge would be to maintain the security of the Red Sea route to India by implementing some sort of cost-effective imperial arrangement which allowed for some measure of Yemeni autonomy while keeping European competitors at a safe distance. The impact of the discussions at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and the Cairo Conference in 1921 are also examined.