From trucial states to nation state : decolonization and the formation of the United Arab Emirates, 1952-1971
Harold Wilson, the British Prime Minister, announced in January 1968 that the British government would withdraw from the Persian Gulf by the end of 1971. For Britain, the decision indicated a re-prioritization of British global defense obligations. For the rulers of the Arab emirates of the Persian...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-3717 |