This book offers new insight into the end of the British Empire in the Middle East. It takes a fresh look at the relationship between Britain and the Gulf rulers at the height of the British Empire, and how its effects are still felt internationally today. Over the last four decades, the Persian Gul...

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Main Author:	Sato, Shohei 1979- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester Manchester University Press 2016
Series:	Studies in imperialism
Subjects:	Geschichte 1819-1972 Colonialism & Imperialism / bicssc HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / bisach Colonialism & imperialism / European history / United Kingdom, Great Britain / thema Außenpolitik Great Britain / Foreign relations / Persian Gulf States Persian Gulf States / Foreign relations / Great Britain Großbritannien Golfstaaten
Online Access:	DE-188 DE-703 Volltext
Summary:	This book offers new insight into the end of the British Empire in the Middle East. It takes a fresh look at the relationship between Britain and the Gulf rulers at the height of the British Empire, and how its effects are still felt internationally today. Over the last four decades, the Persian Gulf region has gone through oil shocks, wars and political changes, and yet the basic entities of the southern Gulf states have remained largely in place. How did this resilient system come about for such seemingly contested societies? Drawing on extensive multi-archival research in the British, American and Gulf archives, this book illuminates a series of negotiations between British diplomats and the Gulf rulers that inadvertently led Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE to take their current shapes. The story addresses the crucial question of self-determination versus 'better together', a dilemma pertinent to anyone interested in the transformation of the modern world
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (ix, 166 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9781784997328 9781784997762 9781526109781
DOI:	10.7765/9781784997328