Britain's Middle East strategy, 1950-52: General Brian Robertson and the 'small' Arab States. From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Levey, Zach | COPYRIGHT 2004 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article fills a lacuna in the study of a critical juncture in Britain's strategy for defence of the Middle East during the early 1950s. Scholarly attention to this period has dealt mainly with Anglo-Egyptian relations, the place of the Suez Canal in British strategy, the Anglo-Iranian crisis, and the gradual turn to a US-backed approach based primarily on Turkey (the 'Northern Tier'). The present research explores Britain's attempt and failure, from October 1950 until the anno...

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