LEADER 03714oam 2200673I 450 001 9910453792703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-76568-5 010 $a1-281-93127-6 010 $a9786611931278 010 $a0-203-88714-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203887141 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579527 035 $a(EBL)370984 035 $a(OCoLC)441826603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000475566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12160539 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10470405 035 $a(PQKB)10723298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC370984 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL370984 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10274091 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL193127 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579527 100 $a20180706d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish military intervention and the struggle for Jordan $eKing Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958 /$fStephen Blackwell 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 1 $aBritish politics and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-54097-6 311 $a0-7146-5699-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aWithin two years of their abortive invasion of the Suez Canal zone in 1956, British troops once again intervened in a major Middle Eastern country. The Jordan intervention of July 1958 took place despite the steady decline of the British position in the country over the previous three years. This book examines why the government led by Harold Macmillan remained ready to use military force to prop up the regime of King Hussein even though the United States had emerged as the main Western power in the Middle East after 1956. Incorporating a variety of archival material, Blackwell provides new 410 0$aBritish politics and society. 606 $aNationalism$zJordan 607 $aJordan$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zJordan 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zArab countries 607 $aArab countries$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aEgypt$xHistory$yIntervention, 1956 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a956.04/4 700 $aBlackwell$b Stephen.$0473426 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453792703321 996 $aBritish military intervention and the struggle for Jordan$9226820 997 $aUNINA