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1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages, 4 unnumbered of pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Summary |
"For many commentators and historians the announcement of the Carter Doctrine signaled the end of the British presence and the final transfer of power to the United States in the Persian Gulf. But on the ground the reality was different. After the announcement of the British leaving the Persian Gulf in 1971, formal positions were replaced by informal ones. Britain still ran much of the political, economic, and military life in the lower Gulf and in the Arabian Peninsula. The transition from formal to informal empire was seamless: British influence remained large and almost paramount in the region. Margaret Thatcher's premiership saw a sharp increase in British influence not only in the traditional British enclaves of the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, but surprisingly even in Saudi Arabia. The historic Al-Yamamah deal with Saudi Arabia in 1985, selling advanced fighter aircraft, was Britain's largest ever arms deal. While British influence in the Gulf increased, the Americans floundered, culminating in the ignominy of the Iran/Contra scandal and the Reagan administration meekly accepting Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's apology for attacking the USS Stark and killing 34 American sailors in May 1987--payback for the Irani-American rapprochement. Tore T. Petersen sets out the policy objectives of Great Britain and the United States as they confronted the initial emergence of fundamentalist Islam, with the occupation of the Holy Mosque in Mecca and Khomenei's revolution in Iran. Research by the author in the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidential libraries provides strong evidence for U.S. strategy based on Nixonian foreign policy objectives, supported all the way through to the Reagan administration"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Tore Petersen provides an analysis on how Great Britain and the United States confronted the initial emergence of fundamentalist Islam with the occupation of the Holy Mosque in Mecca and Khomenei's revolution in Iran. Despite the loss of Iran, the United States and Britain managed to secure the Arab side of the Persian Gulf in the Western camp"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-163) and index. |
| Contents |
The Nixonian Foundations of American Foreign Policy -- Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office -- Margaret Thatcher takes Charge -- Ronald Reagan : Leadership Style and Foreign Policy -- Iran: The Pillar Crumbles -- Iran: Getting stuck in the Rubble -- Saudi Arabia: The Myth of Independence -- Saudi Arabia: What Foreign Policy -- Oman: Discretion Required -- Epilogue. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Persian Gulf Region. |
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International relations. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region.
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Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region.
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Islam and politics -- Persian Gulf Region -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981.
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1977-1981 |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
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1981-1989 |
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Islam and politics. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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History. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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1900-1999 |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Petersen, Tore T., 1954- Anglo-American policy toward the Persian Gulf, 1978-1985. Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2015 9781845193713 1845193717 (DLC) 2014032423 (OCoLC)795182330 |
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9781782841845 (electronic book) |
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1782841849 (electronic book) |
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9781782841869 (electronic book) |
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1782841865 (electronic book) |
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9781845193713 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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1845193717 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9781845197506 (paperback) |
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184519750X (paperback) |
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