Imperial Diplomacy In The Era Of Decolonization, Vol. 30

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Author: W. Travis Hanes

ISBN-10: 0313293414

ISBN-13: 9780313293412

Category: North African History

This book provides a detailed examination of the role played by the Sudan Political Service in Anglo-Egyptian relations from the end of the Second World War, when Egypt formally demanded revision of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, through the conclusion of an Anglo-Egyptian Agreement on the Sudan in 1953 in the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution, and up to Sudanese independence in January 1956, on the eve of the Suez Crisis.\ Drawing on official documents and private papers, this study...

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A new look at the struggle between those seeking a fully independent Sudan and those wishing to advance British interests in the Suez Canal Zone and the Sudan. Booknews Examines the diplomatic relations between the Royal Egyptian government and the British government during the decade leading up to the Suez crisis, primarily relating to sovereignty over the Sudan, the administration of it, and whether the Sudanese should be guaranteed the right to full self-determination. The issue shifted suddenly in 1952 when a revolution brought a new regime to Cairo that made no claim to Sudan. Centers on the role of the Sudan Political Service, elite British colonial administrators who took a leading role in protecting Sudan from Egyptian domination. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PrefaceIntroduction: The Problem11The Politics of Condominium: Winter and Spring 1946212Agreement and Failure: Anglo-Egyptian Negotiations and the Stonewall of the Sudan453The Bevin-Sidqi Protocol674The "Revolt" of the Sudan Political Service and the Failure of Anglo-Egyptian Negotiations875The United Nations Debacle and After1096Cutting the Gordian Knot: From Treaty Abrogation to Revolution in Egypt1297Resolution147Conclusion: Imperialism or "Expatriate Nationalism"169Bibliography175Index181

\ BooknewsExamines the diplomatic relations between the Royal Egyptian government and the British government during the decade leading up to the Suez crisis, primarily relating to sovereignty over the Sudan, the administration of it, and whether the Sudanese should be guaranteed the right to full self-determination. The issue shifted suddenly in 1952 when a revolution brought a new regime to Cairo that made no claim to Sudan. Centers on the role of the Sudan Political Service, elite British colonial administrators who took a leading role in protecting Sudan from Egyptian domination. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \