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Author:

Husain, Aiyaz, 1977- author.

Title:

Mapping the end of empire : American and British strategic visions in the postwar world / Aiyaz Husain.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

364 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Decolonization--Middle East.
Decolonization--South Asia.
Geographical perception--Middle East.
Geographical perception--South Asia.
Palestine--History--1917-1948.
Jammu and Kashmir (India)--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1945-1964.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

All of Palestine -- Remapping Zion -- The contested valley -- Keystone of the strategic arch -- Imperial residues -- Two visions of the postwar world -- Maps, ideas, and geopolitics -- Joining the community of nations -- From imagined to real borders.

ISBN:

0674728882 (alk. paper)
9780674728882 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861478425

LCCN:

2013037069

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)