Contested Space: Anglo-american Relations in the Persian Gulf, 1939-1947

by Davis, Simon

• ISBN13: 9789004171305
• ISBN10: 9004171304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

Going beyond existing country, oil and cold war strategic studies, this book explores systemic Anglo-American differences in the Persian Gulf, from the Second World War into the early cold war, and how the reveal the limitations of the 'special relationship' in the formation of the postwar international order.

Author Biography

Simon David, Ph.D. (1994) in History, University of Exeter, is Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. He works in contemporary international history, and recently published A-Z of the Cold War (with Joseph Smith) (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction 'Contested Space': Anglo-American Relations in the Persian Gulf, 1939-1947	p. 1
Evolving British Imperialism and the Persian Gulf, 1900-1939	p. 15
'Reserving Complete Freedom': Wartime Britain and American Regional Subordination, 1939-1941	p. 47
'Competitive Cooperation': Emerging Anglo-American Frictions, 1942	p. 81
'Our Joint Influence Could Scarcely Be Challenged': the Elusive Pursuit of Rapprochement 1943	p. 115
'A Perfect Nightmare to Them': Britain's Search for Tenable Balance in the Persian Gulf 1944	p. 153
'Transition, Continuity and Shifting Anglo-American Order 1945	p. 193
'US Internationalism and Multilateral Security in the Persian Gulf 1946	p. 235
'A "Loosening Up" by the British': Anglo-American Relations, the Persian Gulf and the Onset of the Cold War 1947	p. 275
Epilogue: Britain, the United States and the Postwar Persian Gulf; a Not So Special Relationship	p. 317
Sources and Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 337
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