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The Gulf and the West: strategic relations and military realities/

Main Author: Cordesman, Anthony H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder ;: London: Westview Press ; Mansell Pub., 1988
Subjects:
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
Persian Gulf > Strategic aspects
Persian Gulf Region > Defenses
United States > Military relations > Persian Gulf Region
Europe > Military relations > Persian Gulf Region
Persian Gulf Region > Military relations > United States
Persian Gulf Region > Military relations > Europe
Persian Gulf Region > Foreign relations
Table of Contents:
  • Western strategic interests in the southern Gulf
  • The military build-up in the Gulf and the role of the USSR
  • The regional threats to the southern Gulf states
  • The southern Gulf states and western power projection capabilities
  • The military capabilities and vulnerabilities of the southern Gulf states
  • The development of Saudi forces
  • The regional role of the Saudi air force
  • The Saudi arms sale crisis of 1985-1986
  • The west enters the Gulf : 1985-1987
  • The west and naval conflict in the Gulf : 1987
  • The future of western strategic relations with the southern Gulf.

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