Britain in the Middle East, 1619-1971

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Introduction

1. Getting Started: The Search for Trade, 1555-1763

2. The Impact of the Seven Years War: Victory, Power and Dominance to 1797

3. The Napoleonic Wars and the Search for Regional Security, 198-1815

4. Expanded British Influence in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Egypt, 1815-1841

5. The 'Great Game' and Afghanistan, 1838-1842

6. The 'Eastern Question' and the Crimean War and its Causes, 1838-1856

7. The Question of Egypt, 1838-1879

8. The Invasion of Egypt, the Turning Point and Direct Control, 1882

9. Intervention's Aftermath and the Imperial Scramble, 1883-1914

10. The First World War, the Mesopotamian and Palestinian Campaigns and Treaty-Making, 1914-1918

11. War's Aftermath: The Watershed, 1918-1922

12. Tenacity Enshrined: Holding on, 1922-1940

13. Britain's 'Defense-Offense' in the Middle East in the Second World War, 1939-1945

14. The End of the Road: Exit from Empire, 1945-1971

15. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.