Amirs, admirals, and desert sailors; Bahrain, the U.S. Navy, and the Arabian Gulf.(Brief article)(Book review)

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9781591149620

Amirs, admirals, and desert sailors; Bahrain, the U.S. Navy, and the Arabian Gulf.

Winkler, David F.

Naval Institute Press

2007

244 pages

$34.95

Hardcover

VA667

It seems an unlikely friendship, but for nearly the past six decades the US has enjoyed Bahrain as a steadfast ally through the Cold War and turbulence in the Mid East. Naval historian Winkler describes the...

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