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Author Jevon, Graham, author.
Title Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion : Britain, Jordan and the end of empire in the Middle East / Graham Jevon, University of Oxford.
Publisher Combridge, United Kington ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.


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Descript xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents The 1946 treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab Legion's planned post-war disbandment -- The partition of Palestine, the greater Transjordan solution, and the newfound significance of Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion -- The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the greater Transjordan scheme -- Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc consolidation of greater Transjordan -- Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab nationalism and the cold war -- A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention -- The Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion -- Behind the veil of Suez : Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the treaty.
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1107177839
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Author Jevon, Graham, author.
Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Descript xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents The 1946 treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab Legion's planned post-war disbandment -- The partition of Palestine, the greater Transjordan solution, and the newfound significance of Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion -- The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the greater Transjordan scheme -- Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc consolidation of greater Transjordan -- Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab nationalism and the cold war -- A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention -- The Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion -- Behind the veil of Suez : Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the treaty.
ISBN 9781107177833
1107177839
Author Jevon, Graham, author.
Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
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 BJL 4th Floor  DS154.13 .J48 2017  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Descript xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents The 1946 treaty, Palestine, and the preclusion of the Arab Legion's planned post-war disbandment -- The partition of Palestine, the greater Transjordan solution, and the newfound significance of Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion -- The 1948 war and Glubb's management of the greater Transjordan scheme -- Bringing the 1948 war to an end: the ad hoc consolidation of greater Transjordan -- Beyond 1948: the Arab Legion, Arab nationalism and the cold war -- A puppeteer in search of a puppet: the royal succession and Britain's policy of selective non-intervention -- The Glubb paradox and King Hussein's quest for control of the Arab Legion -- Behind the veil of Suez : Glubbless Jordan and the termination of the treaty.
ISBN 9781107177833
1107177839
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