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1. Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East

   Britain's Responses to Nationalist Movements, 1943-55

   Edited by Michael Cohen, Dr Martin Kolinsky, Martin Kolinsky

   Britain emerged from World War II dependent economically and militarily upon the US. Egypt was the hub of Britain's imperial interests in the Middle East, but her inability to maintain a large garrison there was clear to the indigenous peoples. These essays track the decline of the empire....

   Published June 30th 1998 by Routledge