TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petersen,Tore T.
TI  - Anglo-American policy toward the Persian Gulf, 1978-1985: power, influence and restraint 
SN  - 9781782841869
AV  - DS326 .A545 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Brighton
PB  - Sussex Academic Press
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Persian Gulf Region
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 20th century
KW  - International relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - For many commentators and historians the announcement of the Carter Doctrine signaled the end of the British presence and the final transfer of power to the United States in the Persian Gulf. But on the ground the reality was different, after the announcement of the British leaving the Persian Gulf in 1971, formal positions were replaced by informal ones. Britain still ran much of the political, economic and military life in the lower Gulf and in the Arabian Peninsula. The transition from formal to informal empire was seamless: British influence remained large and almost paramount in the regio
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