British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan : King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958 / / Stephen Blackwell.
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| Superior document: | British politics and society |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | British politics and society.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 254 p. :; ill., map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Jordan, Suez and the decline of British influence in the Middle East
- Glubb's Jordan : the Arab legion, the Hashemites and the nationalist challenge, 1948-1956
- Amman under the shadow of Nasser : Jordanian nationalism and the Suez crisis, April-November 1956
- The British abandonment and the American retrieval of Jordan, November 1956-April 1957
- The kings against the colonels : Jordan and the Anglo-American plot to overthrow the Syrian government, 1957
- Combating Nasser : Anglo-American support for Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, November 1957-June 1958
- The Baghdad coup and the Macmillan government's decision to intervene in Jordan, 14-17 July 1958
- A tenuous foothold : British paratroops deploy in Amman, July-August 1958
- Managing the international crisis : creating a UN 'mantle' for Jordan, September-November 1958
- Belated reappraisals : Anglo-American policy, regional nationalism and the future of Jordan, November 1958-March 1959.