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" British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan : "
Stephen Blackwell
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BL
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704464
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b526653
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Blackwell, Stephen
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British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan : : King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958 /\ Stephen Blackwell
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New York :: Routledge,, 2009
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British politics and society
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xiv, 254 p. :: ill., map ;; 24 cm
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0714656992
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: 9780714656991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Nationalism-- Jordan
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Arab countries, Foreign relations, United States
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Egypt, History, Intervention, 1956
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Great Britain, Foreign relations, Jordan
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Jordan, Foreign relations, Great Britain
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United States, Foreign relations, Arab countries
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956.04/4
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DS154.16.G7B53 2009
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