Britain, the United States, and the transfer of power in the Middle East, 1945-1962

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Britain, the United States, and the transfer of power in the Middle East, 1945-1962

Ritchie Ovendale

Leicester University Press, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-258) and index

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Description

This volume explores the relationship between Britain, the US and the Middle East. It begins in 1945, when Britain was the paramount power in the Middle East, and moves on to the emergence of the Cold War, when Palestine and Suez became areas of Anglo-American controversy.

Table of Contents

  • British paramountcy in the Middle East
  • the American interest
  • Churchill and "getting the Americans in" - Iran and Egypt
  • Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and Israel
  • Eden and "getting the Americans in" - the Baghdad Pact
  • Eden and the "flexing of British muscles" - the Suez crisis
  • the American involvement - the Eisenhower doctrine
  • the Anglo-American invasion of Jordan and Lebanon
  • the defence of Kuwait.

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