American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region /

This book critically examines the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region, arguing that it was the inability of the United States to contend effectively with the disintegration of British imperial authority in the Gulf that eventually led it to assume its current role in the...

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Main Author:	Fain, W. Taylor (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:	History. History of Britain and Ireland. History of the Americas. History of the Middle East. Modern History. US History. World History, Global and Transnational History. History, Modern. World history. America > History. Great Britain > History. Middle East > History. United States > History. Electronic books.
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