The Great Powers in the Middle East 1941-1947 - 9781138975477

Name: The Great Powers in the Middle East 1941-1947 - 9781138975477
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 1981. The objective of this study is to reconstruct the difficulty faced by American and British policy-makers in \u2018determining the capabilities and intentions\u2019 of their two main wartime allies regarding the Middle East. Specifically, it seeks to explore the role of great power relations in the Middle East in the breakdown of the wartime alliance and in the origins of the Cold War. > Chapter 1 Modes of United States Policy; Chapter 2 The Battle Over Oil; Chapter 3 Anglo-American Relations: An Overview; Chapter 4 Saudi Arabia and US-British Conflict, 1941\u20131945; Chapter 5 Iran: A Question of Commitment, 1941\u20131945; Chapter 6 Turkey: The Burden of Neutrality, 1941\u20131945; Chapter 7 Anglo-American Relations in the Arab World, 1941\u20131945; Chapter 8 American Perceptions of Soviet Middle East Policy, 1945; Chapter 9 The Showdown in Iran, 1945\u20131946; Chapter 10 The Turkish Crisis; Chapter 11 United States Aid and the Truman Doctrine, 1946\u2;