Strategy and Politics in the Middle East, 1954-1960 - Defending the Northern Tier

Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Cohen holds the Lazarus Philips Chair in History at the University of Bar-Ilan. In 1998 he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies! Princeton! and has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Stanford! Duke! Chapel Hill and Maryland! in the USA and at the LSE in London. He has published eight books on Israel and the Middle East. Klappentext By 1955! it was believed that a global conflict with the Soviets was unlikely in the short term. Strategic planning for a defence of the Middle East against a Soviet offensive continued! but it was relegated to a long-term contingency. Zusammenfassung Cohen reveals the extent to which the UK clung on to great-power pretensions in the Middle East 1954-60 and used bluff to give the impression that it disposed of greater military resources than was the case. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Allied Global Strategy 2. Allied Interests in the Middle East 3. The British Strategic Concept 4. The Arab-Israeli Problem 5. The Northern Tier Takes Shape 6. The Formation of the Baghdad Pact 7. Anglo-American-Turkish Staff Planning! 1955 8. Baghdad Pact Planning! 1955-56 9. Allied Intervention in a Middle East War! 1955-56 10. The Consequences of Suez 11. Allied Strategy in the Middle East after Suez 12. From the Baghdad Pact to CENTO

Product details

• Authors: Michael Cohen, Michael J. Cohen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415624862
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62486-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Military / General, Anthropology, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Middle East, Politics & government, Politics and government, Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General