The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony: Arabs, Iranians, and the West in Conflict - Hardcover

Roby C. Barrett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0692793194 ISBN 13: 9780692793190

Publisher: Middle East Institute, 2016

Synopsis

Out of Print. Foreword by John O. Voll, Georgetown University and former President of MESA. The Gulf and the Struggle for Hegemony examines the political, economic, and social development of the Gulf in terms of the regional context as well as through the complicated, interconnected prism of the individual polities-Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Iran, Yemen, and Iraq-Syria. The work introduces the concept of the Gulf Security System-the symbiotic relationship between the Arabian Gulf and the West-which has contributed to stability and modernization in a region plagued by a lack of both. Barrett argues that a firm grasp of the Gulf's historical context is necessary to understand the present, which is required if the future is to be projected with any degree of sophistication-Past as Present-Present as Future. Tom Lippman, former Middle East Bureau Chief for The Washington Post: "Roby Barrett's new book is a fascinating antidote to the shallow clichés of popular and journalistic perceptions about the Persian Gulf countries. Comprehensive, clear, and insightful, it presents the people of the region as products of their own long histories and proud cultures, and as canny survivors of the failed imperial ambitions of the past. It offers deep understanding and the wisdom of history in place of the simplistic formulas that dominate so much of our discourse."

About this edition

• Publisher: Middle East Institute
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692793194
• ISBN 13: 9780692793190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 692