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Powder Keg in the Middle East
Kemp, Geoffrey; Stein, Janice Gross
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Description for Powder Keg in the Middle East
Hardback. This text examines sources of conflict in the Gulf, regional actors, resource and military issues, possible security arrangements and implications for US policy. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.
The Persian Gulf continues to be a region of critical importance to the United States and the industrial world. Its oil and natural gas resources are, if anything, more important today than they were in the 1970s when the energy crisis emerged as a dominant feature of the international landscape. Yet despite the allied victory in Desert Storm, the Gulf remains dangerous because the underlying sources of conflict in the region remain unresolved. Powder Keg in the Middle East adopts a broad mandate for considering future sources of conflict in the Gulf. While military issues and the dynamics of the ... Read more
The Persian Gulf continues to be a region of critical importance to the United States and the industrial world. Its oil and natural gas resources are, if anything, more important today than they were in the 1970s when the energy crisis emerged as a dominant feature of the international landscape. Yet despite the allied victory in Desert Storm, the Gulf remains dangerous because the underlying sources of conflict in the region remain unresolved. Powder Keg in the Middle East adopts a broad mandate for considering future sources of conflict in the Gulf. While military issues and the dynamics of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847680757
SKU
V9780847680757
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Powder Keg in the Middle East
The issues likely to produce conflict go well beyond traditional interstate revalries and include demographic, technological, and ideological trends. Unlike many such volumes, this one gives serious attention to the Kurdish issue and to Turkey's role in the region.
Foreign Affairs
... offering a balanced look at the Persian Gulf from differing perspectives. This book ought to ... Read more
Foreign Affairs
... offering a balanced look at the Persian Gulf from differing perspectives. This book ought to ... Read more