LEADER 04839nam 22006131 450 001 9910154882203321 005 20140828141951.0 010 $a0-7556-1155-1 010 $a0-85773-736-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755611553 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4751245 035 $a(OCoLC)964657297 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264698 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018653 100 $a20200131d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIsrael and the Cold War $ediplomacy, strategy and the policy of the periphery at the United Nations /$fHoward A. Patten 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cDistributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (162 pages) 225 1 $aThe library of international relations ;$vv. 57 311 $a1-78831-490-5 311 $a1-84885-808-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (P. [217]-228) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Chapter 1: From the Margins to the Centre: Israel's Policy of the Periphery, 1948-55 -- Chapter 2: Iran and Israel 1956-1972: Calculated Ambivalence? -- Chapter 3: Iran and Israel 1973-1982: From Consolidation to Revolution -- Chapter 4: Turkey and Israel 1956-1972: Alignment and Ambivalence -- Chapter 5: Turkey and Israel 1973-1982: Rejection and Realignment -- Chapter 6: Ethiopia and Israel 1956-1972: From -- Partner to Pariah -- Chapter 7: Ethiopia and Israel 1973-1982: Pressure and Resistance -- Chapter 8: The Policy of the Periphery -- Conclusion. 330 $a"Buraimi is an oasis in an otherwise bleak desert on the border between Oman and the UAE. In the early twentieth century, it shot to notoriety as oil brought the world's attention to this corner of the Arabian Peninsula, and the ensuing battle over energy resources between regional and global superpowers began. In this lively account, Michael Quentin Morton tells the story of how the power of oil and the conflicting interests of the declining British Empire and the United States all came to a head with the conflict between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, shaping the very future of the Gulf states. The seeds of conflict over Buraimi were sown during the oil negotiations of 1933 in Jedda, where the international oil companies vied for control of the future industry in the Arabian Peninsula. As a result of lengthy discussions, including the efforts of men such as St John Philby and Ibn Saud himself, the Saudis granted an oil concession for Eastern Arabia without precisely defining the geographical limits of the area to be conceded. Matters came to a head in 1949 when Saudi Arabia made claim to the territory, and Great Britain, acting on behalf of Oman and Abu Dhabi, challenged the actions of the Saudis. Attempts at arbitration failed, and only one year before Britain's defeat over the Suez Canal, Britain expelled Saudi Arabia from the oasis. In the wake of Britain's withdrawal 'East of Suez' in the early 1970s, the dispute was apparently solved between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But whilst the controversy dominated Anglo-Saudi relations for more than 30 years, it still casts its shadow across the Gulf today, threatening to expose the fragility of the West's ever-present dependency on the region for its supply of oil. Morton brings a range of historical figures to life, from the American oilmen arriving in steamy Jedda in the 1930s, to the rival sheikhs of Buraimi itself competing for power, wealth and allegiances as well as the great players in world politics: Churchill, Truman and Ibn Saud. This entertaining and thoroughly researched book is both a story of a decisive conflict in the history of Middle East politics and also of the great changes that the discovery of oil brought to this previously desolate land."--Bloomsbury publishing. 410 0$aLibrary of international relations (Series) ;$v57. 517 3 $aPolicy of the periphery 606 $aCold War 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 606 $aDiplomacy$2BIC 607 $aEthiopia$xForeign relations$zIsrael 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zIsrael 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zEthiopia 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zIran 607 $aIsrael$xForeign relations$zTurkey 607 $aIsrael$xHistory 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government 607 $aTurkey$xForeign relations$zIsrael 615 0$aCold War. 615 0$aWorld politics 615 7$aDiplomacy. 676 $a327.5694056 700 $aPatten$b Howard A.$01243736 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154882203321 996 $aIsrael and the Cold War$92884967 997 $aUNINA