From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition

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Oxford University Press, 17 лют. 1994 р. - 272 стор.
This book examines the most turbulent period in the history of Jordan's ruling house, the six years following the assassination of the kingdom's founder, Abdullah (1951-1957). Those years witnessed the country's lone episode of weak monarchy, when the king--the novice Hussein or his ill-starred father, Talal--was not the preeminent political actor in the land. Rather, it was during that time at the regime was left in the hands of a mix of Palestinian, Transjordanian, and Circassian royalists who had never before wielded executive authority inside the kingdom. Based on exclusive interviews and newly released archival resources, this book traces the only two royal successions in Jordanian history: the eleven-month reign of the little-known Talal, and the early years of King Hussein.
 

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The Passing of an Era Already Past
3
1 A Kingdom Without a King
13
2 Kingpins Kingmakers and Wouldbe Kings
30
3 The Short Unhappy Reign of King Talal
42
4 Abul Huda in Command
58
5 From Liberty to License
73
6 Abul Hudas Last Hurrah
90
7 Hussein and the Baghdad Pact
108
8 Charting a New Course
126
9 The Kingdom Unraveled
144
10 The Kingdom Restored
160
Notes
177
Bibliography
233
Index
247
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