The politics and security of the Gulf
Subtitle: Anglo-American hegemony and the shaping of a region
By: Jeffrey R. Macris.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780415778701; 9780415778718; 9780203861899
Subjects: British -- Persian Gulf Region -- History; Americans -- Persian Gulf Region -- History; Persian Gulf Region -- Strategic aspects -- History; Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region; Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Great Britain's legacy in the Persian Gulf; title: World War II and the arrival of the Americans; title: The early cold war, the loss of India, and Nasser's revolt against the British, 1946-1958; title: The British position in the Gulf under assault; title: America watches as the British birth a new Gulf order, 1968-1971; title: The chaotic interregnum : America cries enough, 1972-1991; title: Pax Americana - bellum Americanum, 1991-present.