Lords of the Desert. Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East

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Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. But her motives for wanting to dominate this crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa were changing. Where '
imperial security'
- control of the route to India - had once been paramount, now oil was an increasingly important factor. So, too, was prestige. Ironically, the very end of empire made control of the Middle East precious in itself: on it hung Britain'
s claim to be a great power.
Unable to withstand Arab and Jewish nationalism, within a generation the British were gone. But that is not the full story. What ultimately sped Britain on her way was the uncompromising attitude of the United States, which was determined to displace the British in the Middle East.
Using newly declassified records and long-forgotten memoirs, including the diaries of a key British spy, James Barr tears up the conventional interpretation of this era in the Middle East, vividly portraying the tensions between London and Washington, and shedding an uncompromising light on the murkier activities of a generation of American and British diehards in the region, from the battle of El Alamein in 1942 to Britain'
s abandonment of Aden in 1967.
Reminding us that the Middle East has always served as the arena for great power conflict, this is the tale of an internecine struggle in which Britain would discover that her most formidable rival was the ally she had assumed would be her closest friend.

Содержание Lords of the Desert. Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East

Maps
Introduction
Part One: Heading for Trouble - 1941-48
1 The Beginning of the End
2 The Old Imperialistic Order
3 Heading for Trouble
4 Sheep'
s Eyes
5 A Pretty Tough Nut
6 '
The Jewish Problem'

7 Fight for Palestine
Part Two: Important Concessions - 1947-53
8 Eggs in One Basket
9 Exploring the Wilder Areas
10 Going Fifty-Fifty
11 An Unfortunate Turn
12 Second Fiddle
13 Plotting Mosaddeq'
s Downfall
14 The Man in the Arena
Part Three: Descent to Suez - 1953-58
15 The Gift of a Gun
16 Baghdad Pact
17 Overreach
18 Ditching Nasser
19 A Sort of Jenkins'
Ear
20 The Suez Miscalculation
21 Failed Coups
22 The Year of Revolutions
Part Four: Clinging On - 1957-67
23 Rebels on the Jebel
24 Iraq and Kuwait
25 Pandora'
s Box
26 Secret War
27 Falling Out
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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