8vo. xiv, [2] 157 pp., 2 maps, 6 tables, cloth in d/w, biblio, index, previous owner’s name inscribed verso front cover, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, first edition, 1972.

Synopsis

With the British departure from the Gulf in 1971 this oil-rich, strategic, and conflict-ridden zone of the Middle East has become a new center of world politics. The author discusses the political, economic, and security issues facing Iran in that area.