HIS 642 - Britain in the Middle East: From Suez Purchase to Suez Crisis, 1875-1956

3 credits

British imperialism and interests in the Middle East from late 19th century through the Suez Crisis of 1956. Includes British interests in Egypt and the Persian Gulf; First World War campaigns in Gallipoli, Iraq, and Palestine; British sponsorship of Zionism and travail under the Palestine Mandate; relations with Iraq and Jordan; World War II and the challenge of Holocaust refugees; Palestine civil war and the birth of the State of Israel; oil politics and revolution in Iran; and the Suez Crisis and its aftermath.