British Military Intervention and the Struggle for Jordan: King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East Crisis, 1955–1958Routledge, 01 փտվ, 2013 թ. - 268 էջ Within two years of their abortive invasion of the Suez Canal zone in 1956, British troops once again intervened in a major Middle Eastern country. The Jordan intervention of July 1958 took place despite the steady decline of the British position in the country over the previous three years. This book examines why the government led by Harold Macmillan remained ready to use military force to prop up the regime of King Hussein even though the United States had emerged as the main Western power in the Middle East after 1956. Incorporating a variety of archival material, Blackwell provides new historical insights into the origins of the Anglo-American use of military power to protect their interests in the Middle East. |
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Amman Under the Shadow of Nasser Jordanian Nationalism and the Suez | |
The British Abandonment and the American Retrieval of Jordan November | |
The Kings Against the Colonels Jordan and the AngloAmerican Plot | |
Combating Nasser AngloAmerican Support for Jordan Iraq and Lebanon | |
The Baghdad Coup and the Macmillan Governments Decision to Intervene | |
A Tenuous Foothold British Paratroops Deploy in Amman JulyAugust 1958 | |
Managing the International Crisis Creating a UN Mantle for Jordan | |
Belated Reappraisals AngloAmerican Policy Regional Nationalism and | 10 |
Conclusion | 34 |
Bibliography | 50 |
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