Anglo-American Defense Projects in the Postwar Middle East
ebook ∣ Cold War or Imperialism?
By Behçet Kemal Yesilbursa
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This book aims to explore Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East between 1945
and 1955 and the attempts of these two Western powers to contain the Soviet expansion
towards the region. It does not attempt to offer a comprehensive history of British and
American policies in the Middle East. Instead, it aims to explore those policies with a
particular focus on the problems of Middle East defence. It also seeks to determine the aims
behind the proposals of MEC, MEDO, NTDC and BP, their failings, and the struggle that was
undertaken against them by hostile countries, such as Egypt, India and the Soviet Union. It
examines the events surrounding their formation, development and collapse. Furthermore, it
explores the policies of the regional countries, namely Turkey, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq. Thus, it
poses the questions of how the participating countries perceived the question of Middle East
defence, what their basic aims were, and what problems they faced while trying to achieve
these aims and implementing their chosen solutions.