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Subject(s)

• Jordan—Foreign relations—Great Britain [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—Jordan [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—Arab countries [Browse]
• Arab countries—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• Egypt—History—Intervention, 1956 [Browse]
• Nationalism—Jordan [Browse]

Series

British politics and society [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.

Contents

• 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.

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ISBN

• 9780714656991
• 0714656992

LCCN

2008023453

OCLC

229749397

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