M. Joyce

Anglo-American Support for Jordan: The Career of King Hussein (eBook, PDF)

The Career of King Hussein

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on US-UK relations with Jordan for the entire period of King Hussein's reign, explaining Hussein's successes and failures, while emphasizing the declining influence of London and the rising influence of Washington.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230611641
• Artikelnr.: 46752443

Autorenporträt

Miriam Joyce is a Professor of History at Purdue-Calumet.

Inhaltsangabe

The Young King * Managing Defeat * White September * The Murder of Wasfi al-Tall * Seeking Stability * Managing the 1973 War * Relinquishing the Dream * The Final Years

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The Young King * Managing Defeat * White September * The Murder of Wasfi al-Tall * Seeking Stability * Managing the 1973 War * Relinquishing the Dream * The Final Years

Rezensionen

"Based on British and American documents, and the recollections of former diplomats, this is a useful and informative study of the relationship between the Western powers and Jordan during the reign of King Hussein." - Nigel Ashton, Senior Lecturer in International History, The London School of Economics and Political Science