Reviewing Britain's Presence East of Suez
Reviewing Britain's Presence East of Suez

Author: Maike Hausen

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3161614178

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Maike Hausen presents a transnational, multi-perspective review of strategic and security discussions among the former British white settler colonies Australia, Canada and New Zealand in the 1960s. Focusing on the foreign policy debate surrounding the British decision to withdraw their military 'East of Suez' from Southeast Asia, she reviews extensive source material to examine the transformation of political, diplomatic and strategic ties between Great Britain and Australia, Canada and New Zealand. By embedding the East of Suez discussion into a larger framework of long-term postcolonial transformations and developments of the Cold War and decolonization, the study traces how the British decision upset the traditional conduct of concerted foreign policy and led to notions of crisis and uncertainty as well as to reviews that would ultimately contribute to more independent national outlooks and policies.

Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez
Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez

Author: Saki Dockrill

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-07-09

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0230597785

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This book, based on recently declassified documents in Britain and the USA, is the first detailed account of Britain's East of Suez decision, which was taken by the Harold Wilson Government in 1967-68. Contrary to received opinion, the author argues that the decision was not taken hastily as a result of the November 1967 devaluation. Nor is there any hard evidence to support the notion that there existed a 'Pound-Defence' deal with the USA. Despite Washington's pressure to maintain Britain's East of Suez role, the decision was taken by the Labour Government on the basis of a long-term effort to re-examine Britain's world role since 1959, and it marked the end of an era for postwar Britain.

British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates 1955-67
British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates 1955-67

Author: Spencer Mawby

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-05-18

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1135771707

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This book provides the first detailed account of the confrontation which took place between Britain and Nasser in the Colony of Aden and the surrounding states prior to British withdrawal in 1967.

The End of Empire in the Gulf
The End of Empire in the Gulf

Author: Tancred Bradshaw

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1838600876

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With the end of the British Raj in 1947, the Foreign Office replaced the Government of India as the department responsible for the Persian Gulf, and would proceed to manage relations with the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates, UAE) until British withdrawal in 1971. This work is a comprehensive history of British policy in the region during that period, situated for the first time in its broad historical and political context. Tancred Bradshaw – an academic historian with extensive experience in the region – sheds light onto the discovery of oil in Abu Dhabi in the 1950s, Foreign Office attempts to instigate a long-term development policy in the region, the slow end of the British Empire, the origins of the UAE and – most importantly – the British legacy in this geopolitically crucial region today. The book relies on 40,000 pages of archival material, much of it previously unused, and will be of interest to Imperial historians, as well as anyone working on the history and politics of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.

The Royal Navy 1930-1990
The Royal Navy 1930-1990

Author: Richard Harding

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-25

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1135753709

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This new book explores innovation within the Royal Navy from the financial constraints of the 1930s to World War Two, the Cold War and the refocusing of the Royal Navy after 1990. Successful adaptation to new conditions has been critical to all navies at all times.

Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf
Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf

Author: Simon C. Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-04-29

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1134321619

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Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. The decision, announced in 1968, to leave the Gulf within three years represented an explicit recognition by Britain that its 'East of Suez' role was at an end. This book examines the decision-making process which underpinned this reversal and considers the interaction between British decision-making, and local responses and initiatives, in shaping the modern Gulf. Using sources previously unavailable to scholars, Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf is a valuable addition to the studies on the modern Gulf.

Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia, 1960-66
Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia, 1960-66

Author: David Easter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-03-30

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0857721151

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The confrontation with Indonesia cut to the heart of Britain's desire to retain global power status in the 1960s and was central to decolonisation and British defence policy across South-East Asia. Factors such as the need to maintain a military base in Singapore drove strategy and this confrontation became a major commitment - close at times to escalating into full-scale regional war. However, 'the Confrontation' was not recorded as a conflict of this scale, and Britain was cast into a passive and defensive role. Here, David Easter reveals a radically different view, persuasively making the case that Britain waged a secret and aggressive war against President Sukarno's Indonesia. It was the covert nature of operations and the deliberate decision of British policy-makers to keep the full extent of this conflict away from public scrutiny that has allowed it to be overshadowed in the annals of history.