End of empire policies, and the politics of local elites: the British exit from south Arabia and the Gulf, 1951-1972.
Journal: Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford)
Year: 2014

The unusual way in which Britain's empire in Arabia was connected politically and constitutionally to the metropole, and the perceived – in some instances exaggerated – view of its strategic and economic importance, created both an opportunity and a justification for the British disengagement from the region to happen differently than in most of the rest of the empire. Strong personalities – in the metropole, amongst the men on the spot, and among local elites – played a crucial role in decision