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The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony : Arabs, Iranians and the West in Conflict / Roby C. Barrett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : Middle East Institute, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Published EditionDescription: xxv, 692 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780692793190
  • 0692793194
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JQ1840 .B37 2016
Contents:
Part 1: Saudi Arabia: Ideology, Stability, and Modernity : Chapter 1: The Emergence of the Saudi State -- Chapter 2: Ibn Saud and the Founding of Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 3: Succession and Crisis 1953-1975 -- Chapter 4: Modern Saudi Arabia and the Patronage State -- Chapter 5: King Abdullah and King Salman- Taking the Initiative -- Chapter 6: Saudi Arabia in Perspective and the Future -- Part 2: The Gulf Arab Emirates : Chapter 1: Kuwait -- Chapter 2: Bahrain -- Chapter 3: Quatar -- Chapter 4: United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 5: The Gulf Security System and the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Part 3: Oman: The Quest for Stability : Chapter 1: Omani Exceptionalism and the Early Al Bu Said -- Chapter 2: Sultinate and Imamate- The Strugge for Supremacy -- Chapter 3: The Dhofar Insurgency -- Chapter 4: Oman- Stability, Legitimacy, and the Future -- Part 4: Iran: Ideology, Illustions, and Interests : Chapter 1: The Persian Context and Medieval Islam -- Chapter 2: The Foundations of Conflict in the Gulf -- Chapter 3: Two Centuries of Persian Decline -- Chapter 4: The Struggle for Iran- The Pahlavis 1905-1979 -- Chapter 5: Revolutionary Iran- The Islamic Republic -- Chapter 6: The Politics of Victimization and the Future -- Part 5: Yemen: the Myth of the Nation-State : Chapter 1: Yemen from Antiquity to the 20th Century -- Chapter 2: Hamid Al Din Yamin 1918-1962 -- Chapter 3: The Yemens Post-Imamate 1962-1979 -- Chapter 4: The Saleh Regime- Survival and Self-Interest -- Chapter 5: Yemen- A Nation-State? -- Part 6: Iraq-Syria: The End of the Nation-States : Chapter 1: The Pre-1914 Order in the Greater Levant -- Chapter 2: The World Wars and the Mandate System -- Chapter 3: The Rise of Arab Nationalism -- Chapter 4: Dictatorship and Disintegration -- Chapter 5: Collapse and Anarchy 2003-2011 -- Chapter 6: A New Political Construct in the Greater Levant -- Conclusion: The Gulf: Past as Present- Present as Future.
Summary: "The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony examines the political, economic, and social development of the Gulf in terms of the regional context as well as through the complicated, interconnected prism of the individual polities- Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Iran, Yemen, and Iraq-Syria. The work introduces the concept of the Gulf Security System- the symbiotic relationship between the Arabian Gulf and the West- which has contributed to stability and modernization in a region plagued by a lack of both" -- author description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Saudi Arabia: Ideology, Stability, and Modernity : Chapter 1: The Emergence of the Saudi State -- Chapter 2: Ibn Saud and the Founding of Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 3: Succession and Crisis 1953-1975 -- Chapter 4: Modern Saudi Arabia and the Patronage State -- Chapter 5: King Abdullah and King Salman- Taking the Initiative -- Chapter 6: Saudi Arabia in Perspective and the Future -- Part 2: The Gulf Arab Emirates : Chapter 1: Kuwait -- Chapter 2: Bahrain -- Chapter 3: Quatar -- Chapter 4: United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 5: The Gulf Security System and the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Part 3: Oman: The Quest for Stability : Chapter 1: Omani Exceptionalism and the Early Al Bu Said -- Chapter 2: Sultinate and Imamate- The Strugge for Supremacy -- Chapter 3: The Dhofar Insurgency -- Chapter 4: Oman- Stability, Legitimacy, and the Future -- Part 4: Iran: Ideology, Illustions, and Interests : Chapter 1: The Persian Context and Medieval Islam -- Chapter 2: The Foundations of Conflict in the Gulf -- Chapter 3: Two Centuries of Persian Decline -- Chapter 4: The Struggle for Iran- The Pahlavis 1905-1979 -- Chapter 5: Revolutionary Iran- The Islamic Republic -- Chapter 6: The Politics of Victimization and the Future -- Part 5: Yemen: the Myth of the Nation-State : Chapter 1: Yemen from Antiquity to the 20th Century -- Chapter 2: Hamid Al Din Yamin 1918-1962 -- Chapter 3: The Yemens Post-Imamate 1962-1979 -- Chapter 4: The Saleh Regime- Survival and Self-Interest -- Chapter 5: Yemen- A Nation-State? -- Part 6: Iraq-Syria: The End of the Nation-States : Chapter 1: The Pre-1914 Order in the Greater Levant -- Chapter 2: The World Wars and the Mandate System -- Chapter 3: The Rise of Arab Nationalism -- Chapter 4: Dictatorship and Disintegration -- Chapter 5: Collapse and Anarchy 2003-2011 -- Chapter 6: A New Political Construct in the Greater Levant -- Conclusion: The Gulf: Past as Present- Present as Future.

"The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony examines the political, economic, and social development of the Gulf in terms of the regional context as well as through the complicated, interconnected prism of the individual polities- Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Iran, Yemen, and Iraq-Syria. The work introduces the concept of the Gulf Security System- the symbiotic relationship between the Arabian Gulf and the West- which has contributed to stability and modernization in a region plagued by a lack of both" -- author description.

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