End of the British Empire in the Middle East, 19521971

A comprehensive account of the decline and fall of the British Empire in the Middle East from 1952 to 1971.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I From Musaddiq to Nasser, 1952-March 1956


• 1: Muhammad Musaddiq and 'Iranian Englishmen'


• 2: The Overthrow of the Musaddiq Government


• 3: The Oil Consortium of 1954


• 4: Prelude to the Revolution in Egypt


• 5: The Egyptian Revolution and Its Aftermath


• 6: The Critical Year 1955


• 7: The Sudan's Independence


• 8: Jordan in 1956


• 9: The Buraimi Oasis and the Arabian Peninsula


• 10: Towards the Upheaval


• Part II The Suez Crisis


• 11: Nasser's Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company


• 12: Misconceptions


• 13: The Suez Canal Users Association


• 14: The Invasion


• Part III The Middle East, 1957-1971


• 15: The Crises of 1957-1958


• 16: The Iraqi Revolution


• 17: The 1967 War


• 18: The Collapse in Aden


• 19: The Withdrawal from the Gulf


• 20: The Legacy of the Balfour Declaration


• Epilogue

About the author

Wm. Roger Louis, CBE is Kerr Professor at the University of Texas and Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. A Past President of the American Historical Association, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire series. His books include The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951.

Summary

A comprehensive account of the decline and fall of the British Empire in the Middle East from 1952 to 1971.

Additional text

'Louis completes his magisterial account about the fate of history's largest empire in today's most volatile region on earth. No twenty-first century historian or policymaker should think of touching the Middle East without studying each riveting page.'

Product details

• Authors: Wm. Roger Louis, Wm. Roger (Kerr Professor Louis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9780198201977
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820197-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence