The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism

Authors : Miraçhan YILMAZ

Pages : 108-112

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Publication Date : 2020-01-20

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :  “The British Empire in the Middle East” is a comprehensive book written on the British disengagement in the Middle East during the period of the Labour government 1945-51 by Roger Louis. Louis, in this book, discusses the changing nature of British influence in the Middle East. So the book, in a sense, is a comment on the British not only to Arab nationalism but also to Jewish and Iranian nationalism. Above all the book deals with the Anglo-Egyptian conflict over the Canal Zone and the question of British evacuation. Although the book does not systematically examine the Middle Eastern policy of the United States, sometimes the American point of view was focussed in order to explain the dilemmas which the British faced, especially in case of the Palestine problem. Anglo-American efforts to resolve the problem form a major part of the book. The book, which is mainly based on manuscript sources and private papers, can be divided into five parts.
Keywords : Middle East, Arab nationalism, Wm Roger Louis