Britain’s Last Colonial War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22156752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Mockaitis (DePaul University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-175 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Military History and Historiography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2468-3299 • E-ISSN: 2468-3302 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24683302-bja10065 |
| OpenAlex | W4401177698 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The United Kingdom fought its last colonial war in South Arabia (1963 t0 1967) during a pivotal era of waning economic strength, rising Arab nationalism, and growing anticolonialism. Determined to retain Britain’s international status, the Macmillan government considered military facilities in Aden essential to projecting power east of Suez. This article argues that policy decisions taken from 1937 onwards increased the likelihood of a nationalist insurgency and made countering it at an acceptable cost extraordinarily difficult. The British never devised a comprehensive strategy, responding to threats on an ad hoc basis. Contrary to what some scholars insist, South Arabia neither confirmed the failure of the British approach nor heralded a new era of counterinsurgency. The conflict was a political failure, not a military defeat
Colonialism · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Insurgency · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Military History and Strategy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |