Graham Jevon

Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion (eBook, PDF)

Britain, Jordan and the End of Empire in the Middle East

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Produktbeschreibung

During the 1950s, John Glubb and the Arab Legion became the 'cornerstone' of Britain's imperial presence in the Middle East. Based on unprecedented access to the unofficial archive of the Arab Legion, including a major accession of Glubb's private papers, Graham Jevon examines and revises Britain's post-1945 retreat from empire in the Middle East. Jevon details how Glubb's command of the Arab Legion secured British and Jordanian interests during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, answering questions that have dogged historians of this conflict for decades. He reveals how the Arab Legion was transformed, by Cold War concerns, from an internal Jordanian security force to a quasi-division within the British Army. Jevon also sheds new light on the succession crisis following King Abdullah's assassination, and uses previously unseen documents to challenge accepted contentions concerning King Hussein's dismissal of Glubb, the 1956 Suez Crisis, and the nature of Britain's imperial decline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316836002
• Artikelnr.: 48408467

Autorenporträt

Previously a Tutor on the Stanford Program in Oxford, teaching third year undergraduates visiting Oxford from Stanford University, Connecticut, Graham Jevon gained his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on twentieth-century British imperialism and decolonisation. Currently, he is working on a new project analysing Britain's construction and use of armies throughout the Arab world after the First World War.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The 1946 Treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab
Legion's planned post-war disbandment; 2. The Partition of Palestine, the
Greater Transjordan solution, and the new-found significance of Glubb Pasha
and the Arab Legion; 3. The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the Greater
Transjordan scheme; 4. Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc
consolidation of Greater Transjordan; 5. Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab
nationalism and the Cold War; 6. A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the
royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention; 7. The
Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion; 8.
Behind the veil of Suez: Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the
Treaty; Conclusion.