The Great Powers in the Middle East 1941-1947: The Road to the Cold War 1135168776, 9781135168773

First Published in 1981. The objective of this study is to reconstruct the difficulty faced by American and British poli

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The Great Powers in the Middle East 1941-1947: The Road to the Cold War
1135168776, 9781135168773

This book studies the Great Power rivalries of the twentieth century concerning Soviet access to the Turkish Straits and

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