Britain and the Middle East, 1944–1950

Since the end of World War II British Policy in the Middle East has been plagued by the devils of the past, joined by a more formidable company of contemporary devils, some of whom bear a mocking resemblance to still earlier ones. Most of this region was once largely in the weak hands of the Turkish Empire. In this area, strategic for the control of the Mediterranean and the security of the Suez Canal, British policy had been to support the Turkish Empire against the heavy pressure of Tsarist Russia, until Turkey's association with Germany drove Britain to moderate its rivalry with Russia, to accept her partnership in Persia (1907), following a similar accommodation of differences with France (1904).During the First World War the British sponsored the Arab Revolt against Turkey, thus shattering the feeble union of those lands, and creating in the Middle East a parody of the Habsburg succession states, complicated by concessions to France (the Sykes-Picot Agreement) and to Zionism (the Balfour Declaration

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• Dangerous Gifts

  Ozan Ozavci•Dangerous Gifts•2021

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• The British Elections

  Open Access•M A Fitzsimons•The Review of Politics•1952

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• Ibn Sa'ud and Sharif Husain

  Open Access•Gary Troeller•The Historical Journal•1971

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• Success in Foreign Policy

  Open Access•Naomi Rosenbaum•Canadian Journal of Political…•1970

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• The United States and the Near East

  Harry N Howard, Ephraim A Speiser•The Mississippi Valley Historical…•1947

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• A Short History of the Middle East

  Hans Kohn, George E Kirk et al.•The Western Political Quarterly•1949

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• The United States in World Affairs, 1947-1948

  Charles O Lerche, John C Campbell et al.•The Western Political Quarterly•1948

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• The Arab Island

  Open Access•E A Speiser•Political Science Quarterly•1946

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• Russia and the West in Iran, 1918-1948

  F V Winnett, George Lenczowski•International Journal Canada s…•1950

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• The United States in World Affairs, 1945–1947

  E L Woodward•International Affairs•1948

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• The United Nations and the Italian Colonies

  Muriel Grindrod•International Affairs•1951

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• Rebus sic Stantibus before the Security Council

  Open Access•Herbert W Briggs•American Journal of International…•1949

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• Peace or Armistice in the Near East

  Open Access•Hannah Arendt•The Review of Politics•1950

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• The League of Arab States

  Open Access•Paul Seabury•International Organization•1949

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• The Memoirs of Cordell Hull

  Howard Mcgaw Smyth, Cordell Hull•The Western Political Quarterly•1948

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• France, England, and the Arab States

  Robert Montagne•International Affairs•1949

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