Britain and the Middle East, 1944–1950

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ID6402899
AuthorsM A Fitzsimons (corresponding author)
Year1951
Volume13
Issue1
Pages21-38
Publication date1951-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500046866
OpenAlexW1976636020
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

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

Ancient history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · First world war · General partnership · Geography · Middle East · Palestine · Political science · Rivalry · Turkish · World War II · Zionism · African history and culture analysis · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

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