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Book SynopsisTancred Bradshaw received his PhD in 2004 from SOAS, University of London and has since taught at Birkbeck College, London City University and Florida State University. He currently works as an independent historian and regional consultant. He has previously published
The Glubb Reports (2015) and
Britain and Jordan (I.B.Tauris, 2012), as well as numerous peer-reviewed journal articles.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Benign Neglect: the Government of India and the Trucial States, c. 1800-1947 Chapter 2: The Neo-Raj: British Policy in the Trucial States during the 1950s Chapter 3: The Conservative Government and the Trucial States, 1960-1964: the Consolidation of British Influence Chapter 4: Responsibility Without Power: The Vicissitudes of British policy in the Trucial States, 1964-1967 Chapter 5: The Withdrawal from the Gulf: All Politics and No Strategy Chapter 6: Epilogue Conclusion Bibliography
