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The Twilight of British Ascendancy in the Middle East - A Case Study of Iraq, 1941-1950 (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
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The Twilight of British Ascendancy in the Middle East - A Case Study of Iraq, 1941-1950 (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
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This work is an account of Anglo-Iraqi relations from Britain's
reconquest of Iraq in 1941 until the end of the immediate
post-Second World War period in 1950. In particular, it shows how
Britain reasserted its dominant position in Iraq during the war and
attempted to maintain this position after the conflict when, under
the pressure of nationalist sentiment in Iraq and manpower and
financial constraints at home, and in accordance with its treaty
obligations, it had withdrawn all of its ground troops. Thus, not
only does this book describe an important episode in the fairly
rapid disintegration of British hegemony in the Middle East after
the war, it also examines the possibilities and limitations of
indirect rule. Finally, it is the story of how the ruling class of
a recently independent Arab nation struggled to free itself from
the lingering grip of a major European power while still preserving
sufficiently close ties with that power to ensure its external
security and internal control.
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