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Article: Rulers and residents: British relations with the Aden Protectorate, 1937-59.
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- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- July 1, 1995
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It is inconceivable that the model of a ready made and rather artificial unitary state like Iraq should be copied by us in our future relations with the numerous Arab units in the Aden Protectorate.(1)
The position of the port of Aden as a strategic link in Britain's imperial communications has received close attention from historians. Indeed, Britain's fortunes in Aden mirror, in part, her rise and fall as a great eastern power. Referring to the evacuation of Aden in 1967, for example, R.J. Gavin argues that this action 'sounded the death-knell of British dominion in the Middle East'.(2) British relations with the Aden Protectorate have received less attention ...