Using new archival material, Lawrence Tal examines how Jordan remained stable during the volatile period between 1955 and 1967. Tal asserts that Jordan's security was due primarily to the cohesion of its National Security Establishment, a ruling coalition of security and foreign policy professionals that included the monarchy, the political elite and the military.

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'...extremely useful to scholars of recent Middle East history...' - Ralph Hitchens, The Journal of Military History

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LAWRENCE TAL is currently working for a major international energy company. He completed his doctoral and masters degree in Middle East politics at the University of Oxford and was a lecturer in politics at Trinity College, Oxford. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs and the Times Literary Supplement.

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Book Title: Politics, the Military and National Security in Jordan, 1955-1967
Authors: Lawrence Tal
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230513921
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-96398-2Published: 12 November 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42780-2Published: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51392-1Published: 12 November 2002
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 181
Topics: Political Science, International Relations, History of the Middle East, Political History

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