Britain's departure from Aden and South Arabia : without glory but without disaster /

Britain's hasty departure from Aden and South Arabia after 138 years has often been presented as a humiliation at best and a disaster at worst. London?s hopes of handing power and sovereignty over to a friendly federal regime collapsed in the face of a nationalist uprising backed that enjoyed t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brehony, Noel (Editor ), Jones, Clive, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press, 2020.
Colección:Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at Gerlach Press
Temas:
Postcolonialism > Arabian Peninsula.
Postcolonialisme > Arabie (Péninsule)
British colonies.
International relations.
Postcolonialism.
Great Britain > Relations > Arabian Peninsula.
Arabian Peninsula > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia.
Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) > History.
Arabie (Péninsule) > Relations > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Asie.
Arabian Peninsula.
Asia.
Great Britain.
Yemen (Republic)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Humiliating withdrawal or a necessary retreat? Reflections on Britain and South Arabia 50 Years on / Clive Jones
  • 1. The British withdrawal from South Arabia / John Ducker
  • 2. Britain's security response: was the Protectorate Aden's Shield or Achilles Heel? / J.G.R. Harding
  • 3. 'Present drift of events makes one feel extremely embittered and depressed': The British exit from South Arabia / Thanos Petouris
  • 4. Breaking promises and betraying friends? Reflections on the British withdrawal from Aden / Oliver Miles CMG
  • 5. A Federal Panacea? British Policy and the idea of a South Arabian Federal State, 1952-63 / Joseph Higgins
  • 6. The South Arabian Army
  • A poisoned chalice? / Jonathan Walker
  • 7. Operation Salah al-Din: The Egyptian Intelligence Service and its role in the Clandestine War against Britain in South Yemen / Martin Jerret
  • 8. Waiting for Labour: Alec Douglas-Home, Lyndon Johnson and the challenge of South West Arabia, 1963-64 / Tore T. Petersen
  • 9. Between withdrawal and greater engagement: the Aden abandonment and its impacts on British policymaking towards Oman, 1968-72 / James Worrall
  • 10. Managing and mismanaging departure: the South Arabian Federation and the United Arab Emirates in Comparative Perspective / Simon C. Smith
  • 11. South Yemen after the British / Helen Lackner.

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