Overview

Great Britain's decision to withdraw its forces from the Gulf was a turning point in the modern history of the Middle East. Now regional players had to find rules of common coexistence. With the US immersed in the Vietnam war and the Soviet Union pursuing a policy of caution, there was no world power waiting to succeed Britain. As a result, Gulf politics ""went local"". This book examines how Iran influenced efforts to reorder the Gulf's political landscape. Its central argument is that a better understanding of the new Gulf order can be achieved by emphasizing local concerns and the degree to which regional powers influenced the policy of external powers in those times.

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9781860648816

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...accomplished study...throws fresh light on the British decision on the region itself and on the emergence of Iran...The book is elegantly written...the author has made good use of memoirs...(and) extensive interviews... dramatic account... -Keith Kyle, Royal Institute of International Affairs Journal

""...accomplished study...throws fresh light on the British decision on the region itself and on the emergence of Iran...The book is elegantly written...the author has made good use of memoirs...(and) extensive interviews... dramatic account..."" -Keith Kyle, Royal Institute of International Affairs Journal

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Faisal bin Salman is a specialist in International Relations and the modern history of the Middle East. He has a Ph.D. from Oxford University.

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