Ash Rossiter

Security in the Gulf

Local Militaries Before British Withdrawal

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Produktbeschreibung

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and discharged its defence obligations in the Gulf before 1971.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781108488372
• ISBN-10: 1108488374
• Artikelnr.: 58531684

Autorenporträt

Ash Rossiter is Assistant Professor of International Security in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi where his research focuses on technology and international security, the changing character of war, and the shifting geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region. He is the author of numerous articles in leading security studies and history journals, including the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Defense Studies and Parameters. Prior to academia, he pursued a career in the Middle East, spanning both the public and private sectors.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Local militaries and imperialism
1. Patterns of protection in the Gulf
2. British India and local security arrangements
3. Local militaries and intensified British interests
4. Intervention or local means of coercion?: unrest in Bahrain and Qatar
5. Local forces and Britain's Silver Age in the Gulf
6. Securing the Gulf after Britain's withdrawal
Conclusion. Security on the cheap?