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Showing how Britain tried, and failed, to maintain its political influence, economic ascendancy, and strategic position in Iraq after independence, the author presents an analysis of the possibilities and limitations of indirect rule by imperial powers in the Third World

Showing how Britain tried, and failed, to maintain its political influence, economic ascendancy, and strategic position in Iraq after independence, the author presents an analysis of the possibilities and limitations of indirect rule by imperial powers in the Third World.

THE DISPUTE BETWEEN IRAN AND THE BRITISH-OWNED ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL COMPANY IN THE LATE 1940S HAS RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF SCHOLARLY ATTENTION. THE DISPUTE HAD FATEFUL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. BECAUSE OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, THE RESULTING EVENTS OVERSHADOWED THE IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH-MANAGED AND LARGELY BRITISH-OWNED IRAQ PETROLEUM COMPANY FOR SUCCESSIVE REVISIONS OF THE COMPANY'S CONCESSION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARICLE IS TO SHED LIGHT ON THESE MAJOR EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLD REGIME IN IRAQ.