Research Catalog

Title

Emergent regional powers and international relations in the Gulf, 1988-1991 / by Simon Murden.

Author

Murden, Simon

Publication

Reading [England] : Ithaca Press, 1995.

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Description

xxi, 366 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

International politics of the Middle East series ; 2

Uniform Title

International politics of the Middle East series ; 2.

Subject

• Geschichte 1988-1991
• Persian Gulf Region > Politics and government

Note

• Based on the author's thesis (doctoral).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-351) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Ch. 1 The Emergent Regional Power (starting p. 1) -- Ch. 2 The Persian Gulf in the 1980s (starting p. 19) -- The Iranian revolution (starting p. 19) -- Conflict in the Gulf (starting p. 23) -- The Iran-Iraq war (starting p. 25) -- The Islamic Republic at war (starting p. 30) -- Ch. 3 Iran (starting p. 43) -- Into the postwar period (starting p. 43) -- Pragmatism and policy (starting p. 47) -- Economic reconstruction (starting p. 56) -- Military reconstruction (starting p. 70) -- Iran as a regional actor (starting p. 78) -- The Islamic Republic in the Region (starting p. 88) -- Ch. 4 Iraq (starting p. 101) -- Politics and ideology in Iraq (starting p. 101) -- Military development (starting p. 108) -- The Iraqi economy (starting p. 116) -- Iraq as a regional actor (starting p. 123) -- Ch. 5 Saudi Arabia (starting p. 151) -- Politics in Saudi Arabia (starting p. 151) -- The Saudi economy (starting p. 159) -- The Saudi military (starting p. 165) -- Saudi Arabia as a regional actor (starting p. 173) -- Ch. 6 Interstate Competition in the Gulf: 1988-1991 (starting p. 195) -- The Iran-Iraq armistice (starting p. 195) -- Iran and the invasion of Kuwait (starting p. 209) -- Saudi Arabia and the invasion of Kuwait (starting p. 215) -- Iraq and the Kuwait crisis (starting p. 222) -- The approach of war (starting p. 240) -- Ch. 7 The Allied-Iraqi War (starting p. 259) -- Iraqi strategy (starting p. 270) -- Facing defeat (starting p. 281) -- Concluding remarks: The Gulf in Perspective (starting p. 307) -- Appendix 1: Key weapons systems acquired by the Gulf Powers (starting p. 321) -- List of Abbreviations (starting p. 323) -- Bibliography: Main sources of the contemporary record (starting p. 325) -- Index (starting p. 353)

ISBN

0863721931

LCCN

^^^95140412^

OCLC

33440969

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