Saudi Arabia, Iran and the struggle for supremacy /
Dilip Hiro.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Black gold and America shape Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Faisal's enduring imprint; the Shah's vaulting ambition -- An Islamic revolution in Iran; Initial misreading by the Saudis -- Iran's second revolution; a millennial challenge to the House of Saud -- The Iran-Iraq War steels Khomeini's regime -- The Saudi-Iranian race to influence the Muslim world -- Saudi Arabia at the center of the twentieth century's last major war -- Saudi-Iranian détente -- The Gulf rivals' eastward march -- Iran's nuclear saga; and Iraq averts an inter-sectarian war -- The Arab Spring -- reversed by a Saudi-backed counterrevolution -- Multi-front cold war between Riyadh and Tehran -- Trump fuels Gulf rivals' cold war -- Conclusions -- Epilogue.
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The foundational schism between Sunni Arabia and Shia Persia manifests itself in geopolitics, as Kingdom and Islamic Republic compete.
EBSCO
2002269
Cold war in the Islamic world.
9780190944650
Diplomatic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.