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Oil and security in the Arabian Gulf / Edited by Abdel Majid Farid

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge library editions: war and security in the Middle East ; volume 8 Publication details: London : Routledge, c1981.Description: 162 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781138657762
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.11109536 OI LA
Online resources: Summary: The issue of security in the Gulf has an importance which goes far beyond the regional location of the area. It is enough to note that instability in the area may result in the interruption of oil supplies to the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1981, considers some of the challenges facing the region following recent developments such as the fall of the Shah and the proclamation of the Islamic Republic in Iran, the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, the formation of an American task force to intervene in the area, the failure of the Camp David agreement and the Iran-Iraq war.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 327.11109536 OI LA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Nov2018 T0061088

Papers from an international symposium organized by the Arab Research Centre, London, and held Oct. 1-2, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The issue of security in the Gulf has an importance which goes far beyond the regional location of the area. It is enough to note that instability in the area may result in the interruption of oil supplies to the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1981, considers some of the challenges facing the region following recent developments such as the fall of the Shah and the proclamation of the Islamic Republic in Iran, the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, the formation of an American task force to intervene in the area, the failure of the Camp David agreement and the Iran-Iraq war.

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