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Anglo-American Policy Toward the Persian Gulf, 19781985: Power, Influence & Restraint
Tore T. Petersen
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JPS. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
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 Thatchers ... Read more
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 Thatchers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845197506
SKU
V9781845197506
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99-50
About Tore T. Petersen
Tore T Petersen is Associate Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science. He is the author of The Middle East between the Great Powers: Anglo-American Conflict and Cooperation, 1952-7. His current research interest includes the project Richard Nixon, Great Britain, the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1974.
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