LEADER 03433oam 2200637I 450 001 9910451637703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-67005-3 010 $a9786613646989 010 $a1-136-83455-9 010 $a0-203-83218-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203832189 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100178 035 $a(EBL)801927 035 $a(OCoLC)797919021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679089 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930463 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679089 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610314 035 $a(PQKB)10162291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC801927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL801927 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558572 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL364698 035 $a(OCoLC)795574004 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100178 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe security of the Persian Gulf /$fedited by Hossein Amirsadeghi 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Iran ;$vv. 26 300 $aFirst published in 1981. 311 $a0-415-61050-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; The security of the persian gulf; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Editor's preface; Maps; Introduction; 1. The Gulf Region in the Global Setting; 2. The Strategic Balance and the Control of the Persian Gulf; 3. The Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf; 4. The United States-Iranian Relationship 1948-1978: a Study in Reverse Influence; 5. Persian Gulf Nuclearisation: Prospects and Implications; 6. The Iranian Military: Political Symbolism Versus Mili-tary Usefulness Steven L. Canby; 7. Arms Transfers, Indigenous Defence Production and Dependency: the Case of Iran 327 $a8. Saudi Arabia and Iran: the Twin Pillars in Revolutionary Times9. The Persian Gulf in Regional and International Politics: the Arab Side of the Gulf; 10. Iraq: Emergent Gulf Power; 11. The Iranian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy?; 12. Revolution and Energy Policy in Iran: International and Domestic Implications; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $aThe Persian Gulf, important because of its vast energy resources, emerged into the limelight of geopolitics at the time of the British Labour government's policy of withdrawal from East of Suez in 1968. Before 1968 it had been recognised that the Gulf lay in the legitimate sphere of influence of Britain, while the United States exerted its influence in the two pivotal littoral states of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Soviets had been gaining influence in Iraq ever since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958 and the Chinese were also fishing for influence by their support of the Popular Front fo 410 0$aRoutledge Library Editions: Iran 606 $aSecurity, International$zPersian Gulf Region 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xPolitics and government 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xStrategic aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecurity, International 676 $a355/.0330536 701 $aAmirsadeghi$b Hossein$0925227 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451637703321 996 $aThe security of the Persian Gulf$92077038 997 $aUNINA