The British Empire in the Middle East 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism the United States and Postwar Imperialism

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This is a far-reaching study of how Britains postwar Labour government attempted to sustain a vision of Britain as a world power. Committed to the liquidation of the old British Empire the government sought to develop new relationships in the Middle East as a replacement for India hoping to halt the decline of the Empire by putting it on a new basis. Caught between the forces of anti-British nationalism and American anti-colonialism the attempt was ultimately destined to fail; but it marks a crucial phase in the story of British imperialism and of Middle Eastern history.