Book contents
- Cold Wars
- Cold Wars
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names, Transliterations, and References
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 From High Imperialism to Cold War Division
- Part I Elusive Unities
- Part II Asia
- Part III The Middle East
- Introduction to Chapters 8 to 10
- 8 Arab–Israeli Relations, 1948–64
- 9 Arab–Israeli Relations, 1964–75
- 10 The Palestinians
- Part IV Alternative World Visions
- Part V Europe between the Superpowers
- Part VI European Détente
- Part VII The End of the Regional Cold Wars
- Notes
- Index
Introduction to Chapters 8 to 10
from Part III - The Middle East
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2020
Book contents
- Cold Wars
- Cold Wars
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names, Transliterations, and References
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 From High Imperialism to Cold War Division
- Part I Elusive Unities
- Part II Asia
- Part III The Middle East
- Introduction to Chapters 8 to 10
- 8 Arab–Israeli Relations, 1948–64
- 9 Arab–Israeli Relations, 1964–75
- 10 The Palestinians
- Part IV Alternative World Visions
- Part V Europe between the Superpowers
- Part VI European Détente
- Part VII The End of the Regional Cold Wars
- Notes
- Index
Summary
As in Asia, decolonization in the Middle East intersected with the long-term effects of European imperialism and the influence of the global Cold War. Resembling Vietnam and India, many Arab states did not emerge from pre-colonial antecedents, but were mainly French and British creations (Chapter 2). Like China in Asia (Chapter 5), Egypt was the rare exception in the Middle East. Nation state formation in the region occurred relatively late as a result of previous European interventions. And similar to South Asia (Chapter 7), the Middle East experienced partition imposed from the outside.
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- Cold WarsAsia, the Middle East, Europe, pp. 185 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020