British military intervention and the struggle for Jordan
Subtitle: King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East crisis, 1955-1958
By: by Stephen Blackwell.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780714656991
Subjects: Nationalism -- Jordan; Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan; United States -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries; Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- United States; Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Jordan, Suez and the decline of British influence in the Middle East; title: Glubb?s Jordan : the Arab legion, the Hashemites and the nationalist challenge, 1948-1956; title: Amman under the shadow of Nasser : Jordanian nationalism and the Suez crisis, April ? November 1956; title: The British abandonment and the American retrieval of Jordan, November 1956-april 1957; title: The kings against the colonels : Jordan and the Anglo-American plot to overthrow the Syrian government, 1957; title: Combating Nasser : Anglo-American support for Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, November 1957 ? June 1958; title: The Baghdad coup and the Macmillan government?s decision to intervene in Jordan, 14-17 July 1958; title: A tenuous foothold : British paratroops deploy in Amman, July-August 1958; title: Managing the international crisis : creating a un ?mantle? for Jordan, September-November 1958; title: Belated reappraisals : Anglo-American policy, regional nationalism and the future of Jordan, November 1958-March 1959.