Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Responsibility without Power: British Policy towards the Gulf, 1950-67 2. Defence Reviews, Devaluation, and Britain's Departure from the Gulf 3. The Failure of the Federal Idea in the Gulf, 1950-68 4. Unity and Division in the Lower Gulf: The Emergence of the United Arab Emirates 5. Conflict and Co-operation: Anglo-American Relations in the Gulf from the Nationlization of Anglo-Iranian to the Yemeni Revolution 6. The 'Special Relationship' and the withdrawal from East of Suez Conclusion Bibliography

About the Author

Simon Smith was brought up in Kent and studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 1994, he became a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow and since his appointment to the History Department at Hull University in 1997, he has lectured in international history.