Britains Retreat From East Of Suez
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Author | : Saki Dockrill |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2002-07-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230597785 |
This book, based on recently declassified documents in Britain and the USA, is the first detailed account of Britain's East of Suez decision, which was taken by the Harold Wilson Government in 1967-68. Contrary to received opinion, the author argues that the decision was not taken hastily as a result of the November 1967 devaluation. Nor is there any hard evidence to support the notion that there existed a 'Pound-Defence' deal with the USA. Despite Washington's pressure to maintain Britain's East of Suez role, the decision was taken by the Labour Government on the basis of a long-term effort to re-examine Britain's world role since 1959, and it marked the end of an era for postwar Britain.
Author | : J. Pickering |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1998-07-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0333995481 |
After 1945, Britain maintained a great chain of overseas military outposts stretching from the Suez Canal to Singapore. Commonly termed the `east of Suez' role, this chain had long been thought to be crucial for the country's security and its vitality. Nonetheless, British leaders eventually decided to abandon this network of bases. This study provides the most comprehensive explanation of this pivotal decision to date, while also offering insight into the processes of foreign policy change and the decline of great powers.
Author | : Simon C. Smith |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780415331920 |
This book examines Britain's decision to leave the Gulf and considers the interaction between British decision-making, and local responses and initiatives, in shaping the modern Gulf.
Author | : Glen Balfour-Paul |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1994-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521466363 |
An original and perceptive study of Britain's withdrawal from her last Arab dependencies - the Sudan, South West Arabia and the Gulf States.
Author | : Derek Varble |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2014-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472810147 |
In July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, causing immediate concern to Britain and France. They already opposed Nasser and were worried at the threat to maritime traffic in the Canal. This book traces the course of subsequent events. Together with Israel, Britain and France hatched a plot to occupy the Canal Zone and overthrow Nasser. Israel attacked Sinai, and Britain and France launched offensives throughout Egypt, but strategic failures overshasdowed tactical success. Finally, Britain, France and Israel bowed to international pressure and withdrew, leaving the Suez Canal, and Egypt, firmly in the hands of President Nasser.
Author | : Keith Kyle |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9780297811626 |
Author | : W. Fain |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008-07-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230613365 |
This book critically examines the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region, arguing that it was the inability of the United States to contend effectively with the disintegration of British imperial authority in the Gulf that eventually led it to assume its current role in the region.
Author | : Walid Khalidi |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789774162473 |
A collective look at aspects of the historical background to the continuing Palestinian question
Author | : William Roger Louis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198202417 |
This is an analysis, based on newly available evidence, of the Suez crisis of 1956, its origins, and its consequences. The contributors are all leading authorities, and some, like Mordechai Bar-On, Robert Bowie and Adam Watson, were active participants in the events of the time.
Author | : Guy Laron |
Publisher | : Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-08-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781421410111 |
Delving into archival material from six countries, Laron offers a much deeper, nuanced perspective of the Suez Crisis. Origins of the Suez Crisis describes the long run-up to the 1956 Suez Crisis and the crisis itself by focusing on politics, economics, and foreign policy decisions in Egypt, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on Arabic source material, as well as multilingual documents from Israeli, Soviet, Czech, American, Indian, and British archives, this is the first historical narrative to discuss the interaction among all of the players involved—rather than simply British and U.S. perspectives. Guy Laron highlights the agency of smaller players and shows how they used Cold War rivalries to advance their own economic circumstances and, ultimately, their status in the global order. He argues that, for developing countries and the superpowers alike, more was at stake than U.S.-USSR one-upmanship; the question of Third World industrialization was seen as crucial to their economies.