{"product_id":"struggle-for-dominance-in-the-nozar-alaolmolki-9780820415901","title":"Struggle for Dominance in the Persian Gulf: Past, Present and Future Prospects","description":"The Persian Gulf region, with three-quarters of the world's oil reserves, has assumed increasing significance in global politics during the past several decades. This importance was reflected in 1987 in the deployment of American, Soviet, and Western European naval forces during the  Tanker War , and most recently in August 1990, the massive deployment of American military forces in addition to British and French and other European naval fleets, in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.\u003cbr\u003eIran as a regional power in the 1970s and the establishment of the Islamic Republic and its ensuing behavior, are studied within the context of regional struggles by states that aspire to achieve a regional dominant role. Theoretical criteria are used to analyze the status of regional dominant states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nozar Alaolmolki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820415901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820415901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nozar Alaolmolki","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453410160895,"sku":"9780820415901","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/struggle-for-dominance-in-the-nozar-alaolmolki-9780820415901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}