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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.
Publisher New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.


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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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Author Jevon, Graham, author.
Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī -- History.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Descript 1 online resource (338 pages)
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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.
Note 225 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781316837023 (e-book)
Author Jevon, Graham, author.
Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī -- History.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.

Subject Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.
Jordan. Jaysh al-ʻArabī -- History.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Descript 1 online resource (338 pages)
Content text
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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.
Note 225 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781316837023 (e-book)
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