The Three Occupied UAE Islands: The Tunbs and Abu Musa.(Book review)

From: Middle East Policy | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: Rugh, William A. | Copyright information

The Three Occupied UAE Islands: The Tunbs and Abu Musa, by Thomas R. Mattair. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2005. 591 pages.

In the fall of 1971, when Britain withdrew from the Persian Gulf after more than a century of being the dominant power there, outside observers watched with interest as important aspects of an international drama played out. The seven Trucial States, which had been under a British protectorate, formed a new and ...

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