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The British Empire employed a diverse range of strategies to establish and then maintain control over its overseas territories in the Middle East. In this talk, Dr. Ash Rossiter describes how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and carried out its defence obligations in the Gulf in the decades before its withdrawal from the region in 1971. It looks at how the British government increasingly sought to achieve security with great economy of force by building up local militaries instead of deploying costly military forces from the home country.
2–3 pm | adults and seniors | registration not required | museum admission applies | free to annual pass holders
