This volume deals with the gradual eclipse of British power in the Middle East, a process that began during World War Two and reached its dénouement with the British agreement to evacuate the Suez Base in 1954.

The Jerusalem Post -"In this excellent historical resume, a dozen British, American and Israeli scholars, including the editors, examine Britain"s relations with Egypt and the Arab league, its miscalculations in Iraq and Jordan and its inability to resolve the Palestinian question."Imperial and Commonwealth History-" As a whole, Cohen and Kolisky"s Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East provides a penetrating set of essays which throw much-needed light on the reasons for Britain"s fall from pre-eminence in the ten years following the end of the Second World war."MESA Bulletin 33, 1999"The collection covers old ground, but it does so with new documentary material and some interesting interpretations."Twentieth Century British History- " It offers a wide-ranging and informative collection of articles which should prove of interest to readers of British and Middle Eastern history, politics and economics.