William Roger Louis - William Roger Louis - Oxford, 1996
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The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951
Arab Nationalism, The United States, And Postwar Imperialism
di William Roger Louis
Editore: OUP Oxford
EAN: 9780198229605
ISBN: 0198229607
Pagine: 824
Formato: Paperback
This is a far-reaching study of how Britain's 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.