Britain and the Middle East

The UK economy after World War II; the Middle East economies after World War II; the emergence of Israel; trade between Britain and the Middle East 1946-50; the Iranian oil crisis; arms exports policy 1945-55; the Egyptian revolution; the Buraimi dispute; the economy of independent Sudan; decline to Suez; the Iraqi revolution; trade between Britain and the Middle East 1950-60; Egypt's arab socialism; the Arabian peninsula and north-west Africa; the six-day war and its aftermath; oil developments in the 1960s; Britain's withdrawal from "East of Suez"; trade between Britain and the Middle East 1960-70; British membership of the EEC; oil developments in the early 1970s; the yom kippur war and the first oil shock; Lebanon and the Civil War of 1975-6; Egypt under Sadat; price rise consequences for the oil producers; the Iranian revolution and the second oil shock; trade between Britain and the Middle East 1970-80; industrial development in the Arabian peninsula; post-revolutionary Iran and the gulf war; Israel and the invasion of Lebanon; oil gluts in the 1980s; trade between Britain and the Middle East 1980-87; retrospect 1973-1987 and prospect.