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UNINA9910783960103321 |
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Autore |
Cohen Michael Joseph <1940, > |
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Titolo |
Strategy and politics in the Middle East, 1954-1960 : defending the northern tier / / Michael J. Cohen |
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London ; ; New York : , : Frank Cass, , 2005 |
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1-135-76707-6 |
1-135-76708-4 |
1-280-06380-7 |
0-203-33921-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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320.956/09/045 |
320.95609045 |
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Middle East History 1945-1979 |
Middle East Politics and government 1945-1979 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-268) and index. |
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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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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 |
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UNINA9910792239303321 |
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Autore |
Myers Kathleen Ann |
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Neither saints nor sinners [[electronic resource] ] : writing the lives of women in Spanish America |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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9786612367038 |
0-19-515723-0 |
1-280-50264-9 |
0-19-534809-5 |
1-282-36703-X |
9786610502646 |
1-4237-2639-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Nuns - Latin America - Biography - History and criticism |
Latin American literature - To 1800 - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and index. |
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Contents; A Note about the Translations; Introduction; I: Potential Saints; 1. Redeemer of America: Rosa de Lima (1586-1617)-The Dynamics of Identity and Canonization; 2. La China Poblana: Catarina de San Juan (ca. 1607-1688)-Hagiography and the Inquisition; 3. The Mystic Nun: Madre María de San José (1656-1719)-Confession and Autohagiography; II: Not Quite Sinners; 4. The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)-Letters and Learning in the Church; 5. The Happy Saint: Ursula Suárez (1666-1749)-Rogues and New Saintly Roles |
6. The Lieutenant Nun: Catalina de Erauso (1592?-1650)-Soldiers' Tales and VirginityConclusions; Appendixes: Selections of Life Writings in translation; A. Rosa de Lima: Selections from Testimony for the Canonization Process; B. Catarina de San Juan: Selections from José Castillo de Graxeda, Compendio de la vida; C. María de San José: Selections from Vida, vol. 1; D. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selections from La Respuesta a Sor Filotea; E. Ursula Suárez: Selections from |
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Relación autobiográfica; F. Catalina de Erauso: Selections from Vida i sucesos; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F |
GH; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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This book brings together the portraits and autobiographical texts of six 17th-century Latin American women, drawing on primary sources that include Inquisition and canonization records, confessional and mystic journals, and legal defenses and petitions. |
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