Parameters of power: The quandary of Yemen between the world wars
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Colleen Boyett
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Garretson, Peter
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The Florida State University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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161
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Doan, Petra; Gaiser, Adam; Grant, Jonathan
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-00073-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
History
Body granting the degree
The Florida State University
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.