Title Unexceptional : America's empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007 / Marc J. O'Reilly

Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008] ©2008

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Description xxi, 345 pages ; 24 cm Contents Not so innocents abroad : America, the Persian Gulf, and empire -- Initiation : 1941-47 -- Confrontations : 1948-58 -- Assists and reformulations : 1959-72 -- Insults and reorientations : 1973-89 -- Victory and quarantine : 1990-2000 -- In search of monsters to destroy : 2001-07 -- Conclusion : an unexceptional empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index SUBJECT Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116551 United States -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117347 LC no. 2007045659 ISBN 9780739105900 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739105906 (cloth : alk. paper)

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