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174172
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The post-war contradiction between British foreign policy aiming to become a third world power through Europe and the ‘middle of the planet’, and military strategy focused exclusively on an imperial Middle East presence, began to change in 1949. With reduced military resources only the power of prestige (what the rest of the world thinks of Britain) remained. However, by now exacerbating the contradiction between different Middle Eastern foreign policy goals, the Baghdad Pact, having little to do with countering external threats, produced internal conflicts out of its contradictions. Maintaining British middle eastern prestige became crucial just as it was threatened by the US, (disturbed by the imperial problems left by the British, particularly in Egypt) seeking to construct defence arrangements on the Northern Tier. The Baghdad Pact maintained different but equally false claims that a British military presence was necessary to ensure the defence of the Middle East from the Soviet Union. As Anglo-American relations became ones of ‘competitive cooperation’, the military adapted strategy to political needs. Bases for largely non-existent forces, and deceitfully planning to fight a war with nuclear weapons Britain could not deploy were desperate measures to impress middle eastern allies and avoid losing more prestige. The Arab rivalries and divisions the Baghdad Pact exacerbated were eventually to result in Britain becoming involved in military conflict, putting its prestige and influence on the line with more deceit and disastrous consequences for its Middle East influence.
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049625
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London, Leicester University Press, 1993.
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xi, 224p.
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0718513304
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 039837 | 327.41/KEN 039837 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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047669
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London, Stationery Office, 1998.
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3part (cx, 386; xxxii, 594; xxxv, 590)p.hbk
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British Documents on the End of Empire
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Series B, Vol. 4
Part-1: 1945-1949
Part-2: 1949-1953
Part-3: 1953-1956
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0112905609
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Copies: C:3/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| 043668 | 962.04/KEN 043668 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 043669 | 962.04/KEN 043669 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 043670 | 962.04/KEN 043670 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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