8vo. iii, 163 pp., publisher’s original wrappers, biblio, index, previous owner’s embossed blind tamp verso lower cover, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, University Press of America, Washington D. C. 1982.

Synopsis

The author, a long time Foreign Service Officer of the Department of State, has some twenty years of practical experience in dealing with international affairs and government operations. He is a member of the Royal Asian Society and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has travelled to the Persian Gulf and g]has written on Middle Eastern affairs in various journals.