UID:
almafu_9959238314002883
Format:
1 online resource (289 p.)
ISBN:
1-135-76707-6
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1-135-76708-4
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1-280-06380-7
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0-203-33921-5
Content:
The period covered by this book witnessed a significant change in Allied strategy for the Middle East. Its focus switched from Egypt to the states of the so-called northern tier of the Middle East: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. This book reveals the extent to which the UK clung on to great-power pretensions and used bluff, even deception, in order to give the impression that it disposed of greater military resources than was in fact the case. It describes not only Anglo-American tensions in the Middle East, but also the Americans' reluctance to take over Britain's former hegemony in the reg
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Allied global strategy; British assets in the Middle East; The British strategic concept for the Middle East; The Arab-Israeli problem; The Northern Tier takes shape; The formation of the Baghdad Pact; Anglo-American-Turkish staff planning, 1955 to 1956; Baghdad Pact planning, 1955 to 1956; Allied intervention in a Middle East war, 1955 to 1956; The consequences of Suez; Allied strategy in the Middle East after Suez; From the Baghdad Pact to CENTO; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7146-5630-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203339213
