Graham Jevon

Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion

Britain, Jordan and the End of Empire in the Middle East

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Produktbeschreibung

This study uses the private papers of Glubb Pasha to rethink the end of Britain's imperial presence in the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9781107177833
• ISBN-10: 1107177839
• Artikelnr.: 47721723

Autorenporträt

Previously a Tutor on the Stanford Program in Oxford, teaching third year undergraduates visiting Oxford from Stanford University, Connecticut, Graham Jevon gained his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on twentieth-century British imperialism and decolonisation. Currently, he is working on a new project analysing Britain's construction and use of armies throughout the Arab world after the First World War.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The 1946 Treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab
Legion's planned post-war disbandment; 2. The Partition of Palestine, the
Greater Transjordan solution, and the new-found significance of Glubb Pasha
and the Arab Legion; 3. The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the Greater
Transjordan scheme; 4. Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc
consolidation of Greater Transjordan; 5. Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab
nationalism and the Cold War; 6. A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the
royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention; 7. The
Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion; 8.
Behind the veil of Suez: Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the
Treaty; Conclusion.