British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan : King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958 / Stephen Blackwell.
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TextSeries: British politics and societyPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages)Content type: - text
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- 020388714X
- 9780203887141
- 9781135765682
- 1135765685
- 1281931276
- 9781281931276
- 9786611931278
- 6611931279
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- 9781135765675
- Nationalism -- Jordan
- Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries
- Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956
- Nationalisme -- Jordanie
- Jordanie -- Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne
- Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieures -- Jordanie
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- États arabes
- États arabes -- Relations extérieures -- États-Unis
- Égypte -- Histoire -- 1956 (Intervention étrangère)
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Diplomatic relations
- Nationalism
- Arab countries
- Egypt
- Great Britain
- Jordan
- United States
- Intervention in Egypt (Egypt : 1956)
- 1956
- 956.04/4 22
- DS154.16.G7 B53 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Jordan, Suez and the decline of British influence in the Middle East -- Glubb's Jordan : the Arab legion, the Hashemites and the nationalist challenge, 1948-1956 -- Amman under the shadow of Nasser : Jordanian nationalism and the Suez crisis, April-November 1956 -- The British abandonment and the American retrieval of Jordan, November 1956-April 1957 -- The kings against the colonels : Jordan and the Anglo-American plot to overthrow the Syrian government, 1957 -- Combating Nasser : Anglo-American support for Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, November 1957-June 1958 -- The Baghdad coup and the Macmillan government's decision to intervene in Jordan, 14-17 July 1958 -- A tenuous foothold : British paratroops deploy in Amman, July-August 1958 -- Managing the international crisis : creating a UN 'mantle' for Jordan, September-November 1958 -- Belated reappraisals : Anglo-American policy, regional nationalism and the future of Jordan, November 1958-March 1959.
This book examines why the government led by Harold Macmillan remained ready to use military force to prop up the regime of King Hussein. Blackwell provides new historical insights into the origins of the Anglo-American use of military power to protect their interests in the Middle East.
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