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The Hashemite ‘Conspiracy’: Hashemite Unity Attempts, 1921–1958

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Reeva S. Simon
Reeva S. Simon
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Beersheba, Israel
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Towards the end of World War II, when the French had regained control of the Levant, revived fears of Hashemite expansion in that area gripped the Free French. The Hashemite rulers of Iraq and Jordan were seen as subversive forces which were constantly attempting to destroy any French influence left in the Middle East, replacing independent states with Hashemite satellites. Eventually, if not counteracted, the whole Middle East would come under their control, and, as the British were behind them, the latter would have once again outmaneuvered their rivals.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , June 1974 , pp. 314 - 327
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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