Anglo-American Defense Projects in the Postwar Middle East

Cold War or Imperialism?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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This book examines Anglo-American defense policies in the Middle East between 1945 and 1955 and the attempts of these two Western powers to contain the Soviet expansion towards the region. It does not attempt to offer a comprehensive history of British and American policies in the Middle East. Instead, it examines those policies with a particular focus on the problems of Middle East defense. It also seeks to determine the aims behind the proposals of Middle East Command, Middle East Defense Organization Northern, Tier Defence Concept, and Baghdad Pact, their failings, and the struggle that was undertaken against them by hostile countries, such as Egypt, India, and the Soviet Union. It examines the events surrounding their formation, development, and collapse. Furthermore, it examines the policies of the regional countries, namely Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq. Thus, it poses the questions of how the participating countries perceived the question of Middle East defense, what their basic aims were, and what problems they faced while trying to achieve these aims and implementing their chosen solutions.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-05-15
Mått158 x 237 x 22 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor294
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666926453

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IntroductionChapter 1: Middle East Command (MEC)Chapter 2: Middle East Defence Organisation (MEDO)Chapter 3: Dulles’s Northern Tier Defence ConceptChapter 4: Turco-Pakistani AgreementChapter 5: Attempts to Recruit Iraq to the Turco-Pakistani AgreementChapter 6: Nuri Said’s and Menderes’s Search to Form a Defence PactChapter 7: Formation of the Baghdad PactChapter 8: Decline of the Baghdad PactConclusionAppendix 1Appendix 2

This important new study convincingly analyses the divergent policies behind the Anglo-American attempts to create collective defence structures in the Middle East after World War II. For the British these were part of increasingly desperate attempts to maintain their own military presence in the region, while the Americans preferred an alliance with independent partners in the region. The Suez Crisis marked the definitive failure of the British attempts, while the American attitude also allowed Turkey to become a full member of NATO rather than be part of the contested space between the superpowers that was the Middle East.