Peter Mangold

What the British Did

Two Centuries in the Middle East

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Peter Mangold here shows that the British are at least partly responsible for today's troubles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 159mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9781784531942
• ISBN-10: 1784531944
• Artikelnr.: 43172878

Autorenporträt

Peter Mangold

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: 'The Pedigree of a White Stallion'
PART ONE: LINES OF INCURSION, 1798-1922
1 Persia's Doubtful Friend
2 Toeholds in Arabia
3 Mediterranean Approaches
4 Unintended Consequences
5 The War for the Middle East: On the Defensive, 1914-16
6 The War for the Middle East: Onto the Offensive, 1916-18
7 'Present at the Creation'
PART TWO: HIGH NOON, 1922-45
8 'An Inferior Independence'
9 Client Kings
10 'Riding Two Horses at Once'
11 Strongmen, Borders and Oil
12 Egypt and the Second World War
13 Holding the Middle East
PART THREE: DISSOLUTION, 1945-71
14 Complex Adjustments
15 A Sea of Troubles
16 The Road to Suez
17 Still Fighting Nasser
18 Oil, Force and Bases
PART FOUR: POST-IMPERIAL, 1971-2014
19 Just a Trading Nation
20 A Return to the Gulf
PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES
21 Matters of Scruple
22 How Did the British Do?
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index