Britain in the Middle East 1619 1971 1st Edition by Robert T Harrison ISBN 1472590724 9781472590725

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ISBN 10: 1472590724 
ISBN 13: 9781472590725
Author: Robert T Harrison

Britain in the Middle East 1619 1971 1st Table of contents:

1 The search for trade: 1555–1763
East India Company and the Persian Gulf
2 British victory, power, and dominance to 1797
Gulf trade and politics to 1780
Expansion into Egypt—the die is cast: George Baldwin, merchant of empire to 1799
3 Napoleonic wars and regional security 1798–1815
French invasion of Egypt (1798–1802) and the British response to secure it
Birth and expansion of informal control in the Middle East: No turning back
Renewal of hostilities and the War of the Third Coalition 1803–07
Britain’s failure to master informal control of Egypt 1807
Extension of informal control to the Gulf, Red Sea, and Persia 1800–15
4 Control in the Gulf, Red Sea, and Egypt 1815–41
Eradication of piracy and slave trade in the Gulf
The subjugation of Mehmet Ali: Informal influence and Egypt 1827–41
5 The “Great Game,” Afghanistan 1838–42
6 The Crimean War and its impact 1838–58
The last casualty
7 The question of Egypt 1838–79
Subjugation of Ali’s Egypt: Shock of informal influence
Khedive Ismail: The Suez Canal and the failed dream, moving toward formal control
8 The turning point: Invasion of Egypt 1879–82
Gladstone and Disraeli: A clash of views on the Ottoman Empire and Egypt
Urabi and the revolution 1882
The great deception: Bombardment of Alexandria, invasion at Suez Canal, and defeat of Urabi
9 Aftermath and the imperial scramble 1883–1914
Sudan and Gordon, the French and Fashoda
The Kuwait “protectorate” 1898–1914
10 The Middle East in the Great War 1914–18
War in the Middle East: Britain defends its sphere—defense to offense
Diplomacy British style: The McMahon–Hussein correspondence and the diplomatic efforts of Sir Mark Sykes
The Balfour Declaration 1917
11 War’s aftershock: The watershed 1918–22
Mesopotamia (Iraq), Palestine, and Trans-Jordan: The British mandate and informal influence
The question of independence, “reserved powers,” and formal control in Egypt
Eastern Question and the Great Game revisited: Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan—the Soviet challenge
12 Tenacity enshrined: Holding on 1922–40
Egypt: A contest of wills
Interwar Palestine 1918–39
13 The Middle East in the Second World War 1939–45
Second World War phase I: Europe and the Middle East 1939–42
The Second World War phase II: Global conflict 1942–45
Internal politics: Iran, Egypt, and Palestine 1942–45
14 End of the road: Exit from empire 1945–71
Britain’s decline and hasty retreat from Palestine 1945–48
Egypt: Retreat and another humiliation 1946–56
End of the illusion: Iraq, Aden, and Gulf protectorates 1958–71

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