British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan : King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958 / / Stephen Blackwell

• Autore: Blackwell Stephen
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.04/4
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - Jordan
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Within 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
• Titolo autorizzato: British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan
• ISBN: 1-135-76568-5; 1-281-93127-6; 9786611931278; 0-203-88714-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453792703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: British politics and society.