num_pages: 820
description: This is a far-reaching study of how Britain's postwar Labour government attempted to sustain a vision of Britain as a world power. Committed to the liquidation of the old British Empire, the government sought to develop new relationships in the Middle East as a replacement for India, hoping to halt the decline of the Empire by putting it on a new basis. Caught between the forces of anti-British nationalism and American anti-colonialism, the attempt was ultimately destined to fail; but it marks a crucial phase in the story of British imperialism and of Middle Eastern history.
language: English
title: The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945 - 1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism
titlecomplete: The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945 - 1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism
characters: Ernest Bevin, Clement Attlee
genres: History
ratings_count: 8
places: British Empire, Middle East
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: George Louis Beer Prize
publisher: Oxford University Press