This text analyzes the USSR's interest in the countries of the Persian Gulf. The book places such interest within t
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For much of the contemporary history of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf has stood at the center of the region’s strate
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As Kamrava demonstrates, each state in the region, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Qatar, has embarked on vigorous sec
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First Published in 2005. Developed as a naval guidebook by expert geographers, this work is an excellent introduction to
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How the idea of the Middle East emerged amid the contested waters and sands of the nineteenth-century Persian Gulf. Th
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From the Iraqi attack on the USS Stark to Iranian mine fields to Revolutionary Guard gunboats, the 1987-88 Persian Gulf
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The Ottomans in Qatar is a history of Anglo-Ottoman conflict in the Persian Gulf of the nineteenth and twentieth century
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This book examines how the rulers in the Persian Gulf responded to the British announcement of military withdrawal from
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Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of Americans were killed during the Persian Gulf War, which lasted from 19
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