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Author Cordesman, Anthony H.

Title The Gulf and the West : strategic relations and military realities / Anthony H. Cordesman
Published LONDON : ROUTLEDGE, 2019

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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
Summary This book examines the military capabilities of various potential threats, the capabilities of Saudi Arabia and other friendly Gulf states, and the capabilities of Western power projection forces
Notes Cordesman, Anthony H
Subject Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
War -- Economic aspects
Military readiness
Military relations
Strategic aspects of individual places
Militärpolitik
SUBJECT 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
Subject Europe
Persian Gulf Region
Persian Gulf
United States
Golfstaaten
Westliche Welt
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0429311478
9780429311475
9781000230192
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