Title: Britain and the Middle East from earliest times to 1952.
Authors: Bullard, Reader, 1885-1976.
Publisher: Hutchinson's University Library
Year: 1952
Subjects: Great Britain Foreign relations Middle East.; Middle East Politics and government.
Abstract: Concerns the modern history of foreign intervention in the Middle East, from the British standpoint. Written for the expert of international relations. Discusses the role of British Christians in the Crusades and as Pilgrims; British maritime merchants; European foreign affairs, the balance of power, and Napoleon's interest in the region; the intrusion of eager German colonists and traders; World War I, the interwar period, and World War II; and the crisis of 1951 related to Sudan's decolonization, and Iran's objections to a treaty splitting oil profits.
Contents: Pilgrims and crusaders -- The merchant adventurers -- The beginnings of the Eastern Question -- Drang nach Osten -- The first World War -- Between the wars -- The second World War and after -- Postscript to Part VII, October 1952.