The Security of the Persian Gulf / edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.

1. The Gulf Region in the Global SettingJohn C Campbell 2. The Strategic Balance and the Control of the Persian GulfGeoffrey Kemp 3. The Soviet Union and the Persian GulfShahram Chubin 4. The United States-Iranian Relationship 1948-1978: A Study in Reverse InfluenceC. D. Carr 5. Persian Gulf Nuclearisation: Prospects and ImplicationsLewis A. Dunn 6. The Iranian Military: Political Symbolism Versus Military UsefulnessSteven L. Canby 7. Arms Transfers, Indigenous Defence Production and Dependency: The Case of IranStephanie G. Neuman 8. Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Twin Pillars in Revolutionary TimesRichard Haass 9. The Persian Gulf in Regional and International Politics: The Arab Side of the GulfJohn Duke Anthony 10. Iraq: Emergent Gulf PowerEdmund Ghareeb 11. The Iran Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy?L P Elwell-Sutton 12. Revolution and Energy Policy in Iran: International and Domestic ImplicationsFereidun Fesharaki.

The Persian Gulf, important because of its vast energy resources, emerged into the limelight of geopolitics at the time of the British Labour government's policy of withdrawal from East of Suez in 1968. Before 1968 it had been recognised that the Gulf lay in the legitimate sphere of influence of Britain, while the United States exerted its influence in the two pivotal littoral states of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Soviets had been gaining influence in Iraq ever since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958 and the Chinese were also fishing for influence by their support of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Arabian Gulf. This book examines the political axes of the various super-powers with Iran and the Persian Gulf and discusses the implications of these problems for the issue of security in the region.