The End of Empire in the Middle East: Britain's Relinquishment of Power in her Last Three Arab Dependencies (Cambridge Middle East Library, Series Number 25) - Softcover

Balfour-Paul, Glen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521466369 ISBN 13: 9780521466363

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book is an original and perceptive study of Britain's withdrawal from her last Arab Dependencies, based on a combination of first hand experience and extensive research. Glen Balfour-Paul opens by outlining Britain's position in the Middle East at the end of the Second World War. He then presents in three separate chapters a detailed account of the forces that culminated in withdrawal from each of the countries. In the final chapters, the author compares and contrasts the three episodes in terms of Britain's evolving attitude to empire, public pressures from within and outside the territories, the tensions that arose between policy makers in London and those executing their decisions, attitudes of British officials to their task and the political and economic aftermath of independence.

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Book Description:

Britain's withdrawal from the Middle East is analyzed in the context of evolving attitudes toward empire, internal and external public pressures, the tensions between policy makers in London and those executing their decisions, as well as the political and economic aftermath of independence.

From the Back Cover:

The end of empire in the Middle East is an original and perceptive study of Britain's withdrawal from her last Arab dependencies--the Sudan in 1955, South West Arabia (Aden) in 1967 and the Gulf States in 1971. It is based on a combination of first-hand experience and extensive research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521466369
• ISBN 13: 9780521466363
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304