Britain, the United States, and the transfer of power in the Middle East, 1945-1962 / Ritchie Ovendale
1996, 1st edition. London : New York : Leicester University Press. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387819
ISBN: 0718514386
Physical description; 264 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; British Paramountcy in the Middle East -- The American Interest -- Churchill and 'Getting the Americans In' : Iran and Egypt -- Churchill and 'Getting the Americans In': Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Israel -- Eden and the 'Flexing of British Muscles' : The Baghdad Pact -- Eden and the 'Flexing of British Muscles' : The Suez Crisis -- The American Involvement : The Eisenhower Doctrine -- The Anglo-American Invasion of Jordan and Lebanon -- The Defence of Kuwait -- Conclusions. Subjects; Great Britain Foreign relations Middle East. United States Foreign relations Middle East.
Price: €48.00