| Place of Publication | London, England : |
| Publisher's Name | I B Tauris & Company Limited, |
| Date of Publication | 1990 |
| Extent | xii, 316p. |
| Other Details | 3 appendices, bibliography, footnotes, indexed, notes |
| Item Descriptor | Providing an analysis of the social, economic and commercial developments as well as the political. This examines the effects on the Gulf societies of the oil boom, its aftermath and the post-1892 decline in the states' economies, assessing the consequences of the Iran-Iraq war and its ending and the West's increasingly heavy dependence on oil suppliers outside the Gulf |
| Formatted Content Note | Sections include – Author's note - the invasion of Kuwait; Introduction - in the eye of the storm; Iraq – the long shadow; Iran – neighbours are still neighbours; Kuwait – uneasy opulence; Saudi Arabia – the quest for the absolute; Qatar – the quintessence of the Gulf; Bahrain – just enough oil to lubricate the brains; The United Arab Emirates – the difficult part is the ‘United’; Oman – a special case; and In guise of a conclusion – the GCC |
| Level Content-Audience | Undergraduate |
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| Subject Entry | Persian Gulf states - Politics and government
Persian Gulf States - Economic conditions
Persian Gulf states - Social conditions |
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