Overview
Challenges the argument that Iran stepped in to the power vacuum created by the British withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1968
Explores the triangular relationship between Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia during this period
Provides a much-needed political history of this region ahead of the creation of the UAE in 1971
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines how the rulers in the Persian Gulf responded to the British announcement of military withdrawal from the Gulf in 1968, ending 150 years of military supremacy in the region. The British system in the Gulf was accepted for more than a century not merely because the British were the dominant military power in the region. The balance of power mattered, but so did the framework within which the British exercised their power. The search for a new political framework, which began when the British announced withdrawal, was not simply a matter of which ruler would amass enough military power to fill the void left by the British: it was also a matter of the Gulf rulers – chiefly Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the ruling shaykhs of the lower Gulf – coming to a shared understanding of when and how the exercise of power would be viewed as legitimate. This book explores what shaped the rulers’ ideas and actions in the region as the British system came to an end, providing a much-needed political history of the region in the lead-up to the independence of the UAE, Bahrain, and Qatar in 1971.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Brandon Friedman is the Director of Research at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, where he is a member of the Faculty of Humanities, lecturing on modern Middle Eastern history and historiography.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The End of Pax Britannica in the Persian Gulf, 1968-1971
Authors: Brandon Friedman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56182-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56181-9Published: 18 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56184-0Published: 18 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56182-6Published: 17 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 290
Topics: History of the Middle East, History, general, History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, Modern History