Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East

Abstract

Jerusalem Post -In this excellent historical resume, a dozen British, American and Israeli scholars, including the editors, examine Britains relations with Egypt and the Arab league, its miscalculations in Iraq and Jordan and its inability to resolve the Palestinian question. Imperial and Commonwealth As a whole, Cohen and Koliskys Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East provides a penetrating set of essays which throw much-needed light on the reasons for Britains fall from pre-eminence in the ten years following the end of the Second World war. MESA Bulletin 33, 1999 The collection covers old ground, but it does so with new documentary material and some interesting interpretations. Twentieth Century British History- It offers a wide-ranging and informative collection of articles which should prove of interest to readers of British and Middle Eastern history, politics and economics.