The Baghdad Pact
Subtitle: Anglo-American Defence Policies in the Middle East, 1950-59 (Military History and Policy Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780714656410
Subjects: International relations; United States; Military - Persian Gulf War; Technology & Industrial Arts; Middle East; History; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - General; Military; Iraq; Kuwait; Military relations; Middle East - General; Political History; History / Military / General; Military - Persian Gulf War (1991); Bagdad pact, 1955; Central Treaty Organization; Great Britain
First sentence: After the Second World War the Soviets had seemingly tried to force their way into the Middle East by direct pressure on the 'northern tier' countries.