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Advance praise: 'In Britain's imperial history in the Middle East, Glubb Pasha falls somewhere between Lord Cromer and Lawrence of Arabia. In this ground-breaking new study, Glubb is placed at the crossroads between the making of modern Jordan, the birth of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the end of Britain's moment in the Middle East. An outstanding work of history of contemporary relevance.' Eugene Rogan, St Antony's College, University of Oxford Advance praise: 'The dismissal of General Glubb - Glubb Pasha - by King Hussein of Jordan in March 1956 has always been regarded as a key event leading to the Suez crisis. In an extraordinarily perceptive assessment of both Glubb and Hussein, Graham Jevon places Jordan and other countries of the Middle East in historical context, above all, Egypt and Israel. He writes with sustained clarity and breadth of vision while paying exemplary attention to archival sources and specialized studies. A milestone in our knowledge of the Middle East in the 1950s.' Wm Roger Louis, University of Texas, Austin Advance praise: 'Jordan was a major pillar of Britain's informal empire in the Middle East and Glubb Pasha was an outstanding practitioner of the techniques of informal empire and indirect rule. This is by far the best study we have of the complex soldier-politician who was often referred to as a 'second Lawrence of Arabia'. Graham Jevon's book is based on a significant range of new archival sources and, above all, on the Glubb papers. The book covers the subject in considerable detail and great depth. It throws a great deal of new light on Glubb, on the Arab Legion he commanded, on the politics of his 'little army', and on Anglo-Jordanian relations during an eventful decade in what Elizabeth Monroe famously called 'Britain's moment in the Middle East'.' Avi Shlaim, Author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World Advance praise: 'Jevon's ground-breaking study of Glubb and Jordan's Arab Legion is a fascinating insight into the military and political life of this British-officered army that also sheds new light on the international history of the Middle East in the 1940s and 1950s as the Legion contended with rising Arab nationalism, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the fading might of the British empire.' Matthew Hughes, Brunel Law School

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Previously a Tutor on the Stanford Program in Oxford, teaching third year undergraduates visiting Oxford from Stanford University, Connecticut, Graham Jevon gained his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on twentieth-century British imperialism and decolonisation. Currently, he is working on a new project analysing Britain's construction and use of armies throughout the Arab world after the First World War.

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