What the British did : two centuries in the Middle East / Peter Mangold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangold, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Great Britain.

Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Middle East.

Middle East--History--1517-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Britain has been engaged in the Middle East for over two centuries. During the Napoleonic Wars it expelled the French from Egypt. During World War I it helped to dismantle the Ottoman empire. During World War II, it defeated the Italians and Germans. In the post-war years, it attempted to reassert its domination of the Middle East but with little success. Today British forces in the region are fighting ISIS. Variously seen as intruders by most of the local populations and nationalists and as protectors by local pliant rulers, the British have been key arbiters in Middle Eastern politics. They created new states, determined who could hold power, resolved disputes and offered security to their clients. In this major new study, Peter Mangold shows how Britain sought to protect its changing interests in the region and assesses the British response to Arab nationalism. He examines the successes and failures of British policy and the reasons it has often proved controversial and accident prone.And he evaluates Britain's complex legacy in the Middle East - its contribution to the stability of Jordan (at least to date) and the Gulf states, set against the instability which has plagued Iraq and the unresolved Palestine conflict. In tracing the history of Britain's relationship with the Middle East, Mangold reveals how Britain's involvement in the Middle East sowed the seeds for today's crises."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: 'The Pedigree of a White Stallion'

PART ONE: LINES OF INCURSION, 1798-1922

1 Persia's Doubtful Friend

2 Toeholds in Arabia

3 Mediterranean Approaches

4 Unintended Consequences

5 The War for the Middle East: On the Defensive, 1914-16

6 The War for the Middle East: Onto the Offensive, 1916-18

7 'Present at the Creation'

PART TWO: HIGH NOON, 1922-45

8 'An Inferior Independence'

9 Client Kings

10 'Riding Two Horses at Once'

11 Strongmen, Borders and Oil

12 Egypt and the Second World War

13 Holding the Middle East

PART THREE: DISSOLUTION, 1945-71

14 Complex Adjustments

15 A Sea of Troubles

16 The Road to Suez

17 Still Fighting Nasser

18 Oil, Force and Bases

PART FOUR: POST-IMPERIAL, 1971-2014

19 Just a Trading Nation

20 A Return to the Gulf

PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES

21 Matters of Scruple

22 How Did the British Do?

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350989764

1350989762

9780857729095

0857729098

9780857727046

0857727044

OCLC:

947083309