British policy towards Israel and the Arab-Israeli dispute, 1951-1954

Thesis

Written from the perspective of a student of British diplomatic history, rather than that of an orientalist, this thesis questions the unidimensional assumption, based mainly upon the literature about the Suez Crisis of 1956 and its origins, that the British, and Eden in particular, were more sympathetic to the Arab States, if not altogether hostile to Israel, in the early nineteen-fifties.

The method adopted in the writing of this thesis is thematic rather than chronological. Six principle themes have been selected, with the introduction and particularly the conclusion attempting to put the six chapters into a coherent whole. This thesis is based predominantly on the profusion of primary material available in the Public Record Office in London and the more modest quantity of documents in the Israel State Archives in Jerusalem.

Authors: Tenembaum, YJ

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-jngjxeoym
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: conflict; dispute; Great Britain; Arab-Israeli dispute; Arab-Israeli conflict; Israeli; Arab; Israel; Arab-Israeli; foreign relations
• Subjects: Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Israel; Israel -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Arab-Israeli conflict