The security of the Persian Gulf / edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi.

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Amirsadeghi, Hossein

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge library editions. Iran ; v. 26.Publication details: London : Routledge, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780203832189
0203832183
1136834540
9781136834547
1280670053
9781280670053
9786613646989
6613646989
1136834559
9781136834554

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Security of the Persian Gulf.DDC classification:

355.033053 23

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DS326

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Contents:

1. The Gulf region in the global setting / John C. Campbell -- 2. The strategic balance and the control of the Persian Gulf / Geoffrey Kemp -- 3. The Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf / Shahram Chubin -- 4. The United States-Iranian relationship 1948-1978 : a study in reverse influence / C.D. Carr -- 5. Persian Gulf nuclearisation : prospects and implications / Lewis A. Dunn -- 6. The Iranian military : political symbolism versus military usefulness / Steven L. Canby -- 7. Arms transfers, indigenous defence production and dependency : the case of Iran / Stephanie G. Neuman -- 8. Saudi Arabia and Iran : the twin pillars in revolutionary times / Richard Haass -- 9. The Persian Gulf in regional international politics : the Arab side of the Gulf / John Duke Anthony -- 10. Iraq : emergent Gulf power / Edmund Ghareeb -- 11. The Iranian revolution : triumph or tragedy? / L.P. Elwell-Sutton -- 12. Revolution and energy policy in Iran : international and domestic implications / Fereidun Fesharaki.

Summary: The Persian Gulf, important because of its vast energy resources, emerged into the limelight of geopolitics at the time of the British Labour government's policy of withdrawal from East of Suez in 1968. Before 1968 it had been recognised that the Gulf lay in the legitimate sphere of influence of Britain, while the United States exerted its influence in the two pivotal littoral states of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Soviets had been gaining influence in Iraq ever since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958 and the Chinese were also fishing for influence by their support of the Popular Front fo.

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The Persian Gulf, important because of its vast energy resources, emerged into the limelight of geopolitics at the time of the British Labour government's policy of withdrawal from East of Suez in 1968. Before 1968 it had been recognised that the Gulf lay in the legitimate sphere of influence of Britain, while the United States exerted its influence in the two pivotal littoral states of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Soviets had been gaining influence in Iraq ever since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958 and the Chinese were also fishing for influence by their support of the Popular Front fo.

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