The chapters in this book focus on the security of the British position in the Middle East between 1935 and 1939. In 1935 Britain was still able to rush reinforcements to the Middle East to forestall hostilities towards Egypt. However, by 1939 the international situation had changed irrevocably.

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Part 1 Middle Eastern strategy: the Mediterranean and Middle East in British global strategy 1935-39, David Omissi; British strategy in the Middle East in the wake of the Abyssinian crisis, 1936-39, Michael J. Cohen; Italy's Mediterranean strategy, 1935-1939, Meir Michaelis; Egypt - British defence plans, Paul Harris. Part 2 The regional content: Egyptian regional policy in the wake of the anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 - Arab alliance or Islamic caliphate?, James Jankowski; British internal security and youth in Egypt, Haggai Erlich; axioms reconsidered - the rethinking of British strategic policy in Iraq during the 1930s, Liora Lukitz; Britain and the challenge of the axis powers in Arabia - the decline of British-Saudi co-operation in the 1930s, Joseph Kostiner. Part 3 The mandate for Palestine: the collapse and restoration of public security, Martin Kolinsky; Palestinian Arab violent activity during the 1930s, Joseph Nevo; a breakthrough in Zionist military conceptions, 1936-39, Meir Pail; the Palestine problem in the context of colonial policy on the eve of World War II, Ronald Zweig.