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Never in Jordan’s history did rival security policies polarise the national security establishment as they did in 1956–57. The confidence King Hussein gained by expelling General Glubb and his growing belief that Jordan could reach an accommodation with Arab radicalism caused him to take a more active role in policymaking. Hussein’s Arabisation programme and his decision to hold free parliamentary elections brought to power factions that challenged the primacy of the monarchy in Jordan.
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Tal, L. (2002). Radicals versus Royalists. In: Politics, the Military and National Security in Jordan, 1955–1967. St Antony's Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230513921_3
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