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The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951 :

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0198224893

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0198229607

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9780198224891

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9780198229605

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The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951 :

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[Book]

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Arab nationalism, the United States, and postwar imperialism /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Wm. Roger Louis.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

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Oxford University Press,

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1984.

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xvii, 803 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates :

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illustrations ;

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25 cm

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Includes index.

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Includes index.

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pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The northern tier : Iran, Turkey, and Greece, 1945-1947 -- pt. 3. British defence of the Middle East. Prelude : turning points and controversies -- The Arab League -- Independence in Syria and Lebanon : the significance of the crisis of 1945 -- Saudi Arabia : the question of oil and the accommodation of the United States -- Cyprus : self-determination versus strategic security in the eastern Mediterranean -- Egypt : British 'evacuation and the 'unity of the Nile Valley' -- The Italian colonies and British strategic rights in Cyrenaica -- Iraq : 'the vital Imperial connection' and questions of Iraqi nationalism -- Transjordan and 'Mr. Bevin's little king' -- pt. 4. Palestine. Prelude : Ernest Bevin and the legacy of the Balfour Declaration -- The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry -- The evolution of American policy and the quest for a binational state -- From Yom Kippur 1946 to British atonement in the United Nations 1947 -- The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine and the British decision to evacuate -- The United States and the United Nations vote of the 29th of November 1947 -- The winter of 1947-1948 : towards partition or trusteeship? -- The United States and the end of British rule in Palestine -- The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 : political implications -- pt. 5. The Middle East, 1949-1951. Prelude : from Deir Yassin in 1948 to Egyptian abrogation in 1951 -- The future of the Middle Eastern States : questions of economic 'viability' and political stability -- The Persian oil crisis -- Catastrophe foreshadowed : controversy with Egypt over the canal zone and Sudan -- The Middle East and the fall of the Labour government in 1951 : the end of an era.

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Außenpolitik

Aussenpolitik.

Diplomatic relations.

Nationalismus

Great Britain, Foreign relations, 1945-1964.

Great Britain, Foreign relations, Middle East.

Middle East, Foreign relations, Great Britain.

Grande-Bretagne, Relations extérieures, 1945-

Grande-Bretagne, Relations extérieures, Moyen-Orient.

Moyen-Orient, Relations extérieures, Grande-Bretagne.

Arabische Staaten

Great Britain.

Großbritannien

Middle East.

Naher Osten

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Louis, William Roger,1936-

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20200822091942.0

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