BRITAIN AND STATE FORMATION IN ARABIA 1962-1971 by Clive Jones (Editor) ( 9781138556751 )

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BRITAIN AND STATE FORMATION IN ARABIA 1962-1971
FROM ADEN TO ABU DHABI

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Clive Jones (Editor)

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

7 December, 2017

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164

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Half a century ago, Britain abandoned Aden, its last colonial outpost in the Arab world as its attempt to establish a new polity foundered amid a rising tide of Arab nationalism, tribal infighting and anti-colonial sentiment that eventually gave rise to the establishment of South Yemen. Yet just over three years later in 1971, a new state, the United Arab Emirates, emerged in Arabia, formed from the old Trucial states over which Britain had long held sway. At a time when state failure and fragmentation has become synonymous with much of the Middle East and where the very idea of sovereignty and legitimacy have become contested issues, this comparative historical study of the varied British attempts at state creation on the Arabian peninsula offers important insights into the limits of external ambition, as well as the possibilities that great power retrenchment offered to the peoples of the region. The legacy of British influence in Aden and Abu Dhabi still very much resonates today; this volume explains why. The chapters were originally published in a special issue in Middle Eastern Studies.

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