Britain's triumph and decline in the Middle East : military campaigns 1919 to the present day / William Jackson
- Bib ID:
- 3661371
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jackson, W. G. F. (William Godfrey Fothergill) Sir, , 1917-
- Edition:
- 1st English ed.
- Description:
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- London : Brassey's, 1996
- [vii], 184 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 185753123X
- Summary:
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Rich in detail, this book gives a fascinating account of the British military campaigns in the Middle East in the Twentieth Century. After the First World War the map of the Middle East was redrawn out of the ruins of the discarded Ottoman Empire. After the defeat of Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany, the inevitable consequences of the conflicting promises the British had previously made to both the Jews and Arabs began to boil over. Arab and Jewish nationalism became unbridled and the United States entered the fray.
Debilitated by the losses caused by two wars, Britain's will and capacity to rule weakened and an inevitable political and economic decline began. As the sun set on the British Empire Whitehall was forced, step by step, to surrender dominance to Washington. Britain's Triumph and Decline in the Middle East charts a century in which Britain enjoyed victory in two world wars, but suffered the collapse of the Empire and the previous world order. Now, with Britain's role in this new order in mind, William Jackson looks at the contribution of the British to the multinational force that won the Gulf War and considers Britain's future role in the Middle East.
- Full contents:
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- Prologue: With Nineveh and Tyre
- Ch. 1. Mandates, Not Empires: The Inter-War 1919-39
- Ch. 2. Mussolini's Hollow Challenge: The Defence of Egypt and the British Riposte 1940-41
- Ch. 3. Defeating Hitler' Challenge: Rommel versus Wavell, Auchinleck and Montgomery 1941-42
- Ch. 4. The Uneasy Anglo-American Partnership: Palestine to Suez 1945-56
- Ch. 5. America Takes Over: The Israeli Wild Card 1957-78
- Ch. 6. Partnership in the Gulf: The Iranian Revolution and Desert Storm 1979-91.
- Notes:
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- "A sequel to the pomp of yesterday: the defence of India and the Suez Canal 1798-1918"
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references p.177-178.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Until 2087 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Publication date:
- 1996
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