The Glubb Reports: Glubb Pasha and Britain's Empire Project in the Middle East 1920-1956

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 1-13

3. Glubb, Tribes and Iraq, 1922–1930

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 14-29

4. Glubb and Transjordan, 1930–1945

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 30-77

5. Glubb, Transjordan and the Palestine Mandate, 1945–1949

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 78-121

6. Imperial Twilight: Glubb and Jordan, 1950–1956

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 122-166

7. Conclusion

   • Tancred Bradshaw

   Pages 167-174

8. Back Matter

   Pages 175-194

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The Glubb Reports studies papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. It covers issues such as the role of tribes and desert control, the impact of Palestine, the Arab Legion's role in the first Arab-Israeli war, the expansion of the Arab Legion, and Glubb's dismissal in 1956.

• Arab Legion
• British Empire
• desert control
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jordan
• Palestine
• Middle East

“The Glubb Reports offers insight into how Glubb’s ideas of Middle Eastern politics formed and changed over time, particularly his views of tribes, military modernization, and the partition of Palestine. … Bradshaw precedes each chapter with a relatively detailed synopsis of Glubb’s views contained in each document, with additional context pulled from other documentary and secondary sources. … Tancred Bradshaw has provided an excellent introduction for other scholars to continue the work and probe Glubb’s history more thoroughly.” (Gregory Brew, H-War, networks.h-net.org, July, 2016)

Tancred Bradshaw received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has since taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, City University, and Florida State University.

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