Book ID: CBB248643588

Mapping the End of Empire: American and British Strategic Visions in the Postwar World (2014)

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By the end of World War II, strategists in Washington and London looked ahead to a new era in which the United States shouldered global responsibilities and Britain concentrated its regional interests more narrowly. The two powers also viewed the Muslim world through very different lenses. This book reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia.0Aiyaz Husain shows that American and British postwar strategy drew on popular notions of geography as well as academic and military knowledge. Once codified in maps and memoranda, these perspectives became foundations of foreign policy. In South Asia, American officials envisioned an independent Pakistan blocking Soviet influence, an objective that outweighed other considerations in the contested Kashmir region. Shoring up Pakistan meshed perfectly with British hopes for a quiescent Indian subcontinent once partition became inevitable. But serious differences with Britain arose over America's support for the new state of Israel. Viewing the Mediterranean as a European lake of sorts, U.S. officials--even in parts of the State Department--linked Palestine with Europe, deeming it a perfectly logical destination for Jewish refugees. But British strategists feared that the installation of a Jewish state in Palestine could incite Muslim ire from one corner of the Islamic world to the other.

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Authors & Contributors
Singaravelou, Pierre
Blais, Hélène
Tim Riding
Tiago Kramer de Oliveira
Foliard, Daniel
Seubert, Philippe
Concepts
Cartography
Geography
Colonialism
Maps; atlases
France, colonies
Imperialism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Ancient
17th century
Places
Middle and Near East
Mediterranean region
France
Europe
Great Britain
Africa
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