Contents
Abbreviations Used in Text and Footnotes / VII
Part I. Synthesis: The Interplay of Policies, I945_I95° / 1
Part II. Turkey, Persia, and the U.S.S.R.
(i) Turkey:
(a) From ‘War of Nerves’ to ‘Truman Doctrine’, 1945-7 / 21
(b) From the Truman Doctrine to the Korean War, 1947-50 / 38
(ii) Persia:
(a) The Cold War, to the Repudiation of the Soviet Oil Demands, 1945-7 / 56
(b) The Frustration of Western Aid, to the Rejection of the Anglo-
Iranian Supplemental Oil Agreement, 1948-50 / 90
Part III. The Arab Countries and the Western Powers
(i) The End of European Ascendancy in the Levant States / 106
(ii) Anglo-Egyptian Relations:
(a) The Background to Negotiations, 1945-6 / 116
(A) Negotiations in Cairo and London, 1946 / 119
(c) Egypt’s Appeal to the Security Council, 1947 / 130
(d) Anglo-Egyptian Financial Negotiations, 1947 / 136
(e) Constitutional Developments in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1947-8 / 138
(f) Interlude: the Palestine War and its Aftermath, 1948-9 / 143
(iii) Anglo-'Iraqi Relations / 147
(iv) The British Regime in Cyprus:
(a) The Background, 1931-45 / 159
(b) The Labour Government and Constitutionalism, 1945-8 / 166
(c) The Cold War reaches Cyprus, 1948-9 / 178
(v) The British Regime in Palestine, 1945-8:
(a) The Mandatory Power and the Jewish Resistance Movement, August to October 1945 / 187
(b) The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, and its Still-born
Report, November 1945 to May 1946 / 198
(c) Trials of Strength and Unsuccessful Efforts at Compromise, June 1946 to March 1947 / 217
(b) Investigation and Debate by the United Nations, April to November 1947 / 239
(e) Guerrilla Warfare in Palestine, and Proclamation of the State of
Israel, December 1947 to May 1948 / 251
(vi) The Palestine War and its Aftermath, 1948-50:
(a) The Palestine War, May 1948 to January 1949
(1) From the Arab States’ Intervention to the First Truce, 15 May to 11 June 1948 / 270
(2) The Operation of the First Truce, 11 June to 7 July 1948 / 276
(3) The Ten Days’Campaign, 8-18 July 1948 / 281
(4) The Second Truce, and the Murder of the United Nations
Mediator, 17 September 1948 / 282
(5) Israel’s Offensives of October 1948 / 286
(6) Stalemate at the United Nations, October to December 1948 / 289
(7) Israel spoils the Egyptians and forces Bevin’s hand,
December 1948 to January 1949 / 291
(J) The Aftermath of the War, 1949-50
(1) The Israeli-Arab Armistices, January to July 1949 / 294
(2) Israel’s Admission to the United Nations, May 1949 / 301
(3) The United Nations Conciliation Commission, 1949 / 302
(4) Stalemate over Jerusalem, 1949 / 304
(5) King 'Abdullah between Israel and the Arab League, 195 / 309
(6) The Three Western Powers’ Declaration of May 1950 / 312
(7) Conclusions:
(a) Arab Defeat and the Refugees / 313
(b) Israel’s Economic Problem / 316
Index / 321
MAPS
The Shûna Agreement of March 1949 / 298
Stages in the Partition of Palestine, 1946-9: at end
Map A: British Government’s Provincial Autonomy Plan, July 1946
Map B: Jewish Agency’s Partition Proposals, August 1946
Map C: United Nations Recommendation, November 1947
Map D: Armistice Lines, Spring 1949
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