What the British did : two centuries in the Middle East /

"Britain has been engaged in the Middle East for over two centuries. During the Napoleonic Wars it expelled the French from Egypt. During World War I it helped to dismantle the Ottoman empire. During World War II, it defeated the Italians and Germans. In the post-war years, it attempted to reas...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mangold, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Temas:
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Diplomatic relations
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Moyen-Orient > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain
Middle East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: 'The Pedigree of a White Stallion'
  • PART ONE: LINES OF INCURSION, 1798-1922
  • 1 Persia's Doubtful Friend
  • 2 Toeholds in Arabia
  • 3 Mediterranean Approaches
  • 4 Unintended Consequences
  • 5 The War for the Middle East: On the Defensive, 1914-16
  • 6 The War for the Middle East: Onto the Offensive, 1916-18
  • 7 'Present at the Creation'
  • PART TWO: HIGH NOON, 1922-45
  • 8 'An Inferior Independence'
  • 9 Client Kings
  • 10 'Riding Two Horses at Once'
  • 11 Strongmen, Borders and Oil
  • 12 Egypt and the Second World War
  • 13 Holding the Middle East
  • PART THREE: DISSOLUTION, 1945-71
  • 14 Complex Adjustments
  • 15 A Sea of Troubles
  • 16 The Road to Suez
  • 17 Still Fighting Nasser
  • 18 Oil, Force and Bases
  • PART FOUR: POST-IMPERIAL, 1971-2014
  • 19 Just a Trading Nation
  • 20 A Return to the Gulf
  • PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES
  • 21 Matters of Scruple
  • 22 How Did the British Do?
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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