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Graham Jevon - Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion

Britain, Jordan and the End of Empire in the Middle East

Av Graham Jevon

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During the 1950s, John Glubb and the Arab Legion became the 'cornerstone' of Britain's imperial presence in the Middle East. Based on unprecedented access to the unofficial archive of the Arab Legion, including a major accession of Glubb's private papers, Graham Jevon examines and revises Britain's post-1945 retreat from empire in the Middle East. Jevon details how Glubb's command of the Arab Legion secured British and Jordanian interests during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, answering questions that have dogged historians of this conflict for decades. He reveals how the Arab Legion was transformed, by Cold War concerns, from an internal Jordanian security force to a quasi-division within the British Army. Jevon also sheds new light on the succession crisis following King Abdullah's assassination, and uses previously unseen documents to challenge accepted contentions concerning King Hussein's dismissal of Glubb, the 1956 Suez Crisis, and the nature of Britain's imperial decline.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-05-30
  • Mått: 153 x 230 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 510 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 338
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781316629239
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Previously a Tutor on the Stanford Program in Oxford, teaching third year undergraduates visiting Oxford from Stanford University, Connecticut, Graham Jevon gained his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on twentieth-century British imperialism and decolonisation. Currently, he is working on a new project analysing Britain's construction and use of armies throughout the Arab world after the First World War.

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'In Britain's imperial history in the Middle East, Glubb Pasha falls somewhere between Lord Cromer and Lawrence of Arabia. In this ground-breaking new study, Glubb is placed at the crossroads between the making of modern Jordan, the birth of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the end of Britain's moment in the Middle East. An outstanding work of history of contemporary relevance.' Eugene Rogan, St Antony's College, University of Oxford

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