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The End of Pax Britannica in the Persian Gulf, 1968-1971 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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The End of Pax Britannica in the Persian Gulf, 1968-1971 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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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.
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