Guardians of the Gulf A History of America's Expanding Role in the Persion Gulf, 1883-1992

Name: Guardians of the Gulf A History of America's Expanding Role in the Persion Gulf, 1883-1992
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ISBN: 9780684871066

ISBN-10: 0684871068

ISBN-13: 9780684871066

Edition: 1999

Authors: Michael A. Palmer

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From the nineteenth century through the 1991 war with Iraq, this study of America's expanding role in the Persian Gulf traces the development of American commercial interests in the region and the resulting growth of military and political involvement.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 5/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Michael A. Palmer is Professor of History, East Carolina University.



Prologue: to the Valley of the Euphrates



An Open Field for American Capital and Industry, 1833-1939



The World Oil Center of Gravity, 1939-1946



Middle East Oil and the Destiny of Europe, 1946-1950



The Chimera of Regional Defense, 1950-1967



A Tale of Two Doctrines: the Nixon and Carter Doctrines, 1968-1980



Not While This President Serves: the Reagan Administration and the Gulf, 1981-1987



The Tanker War, 1987-1988



The Road to Desert Storm, August 1988-August 1990



Shield in the Desert, August 1990-January 1991



A Commander's Dream: Planning Desert Storm



Just the Way it was Scheduled: the Storm from the Air



The Mother of all Battles, the Mother of all Retreats: the Storm on the Ground



The Guarantor of Last Resort


Maps


Gulf War of 1991


The Persian Gulf


The Middle East


Notes


Bibliography


Index