Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy.
The foundational schism between Sunni Arabia and Shia Persia manifests itself in geopolitics, as Kingdom and Islamic Republic compete.
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Oxford University Press USA : Oxford University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Spelling and Transliteration; Preface; Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. Black Gold and America Shape Iran and Saudi Arabia; 3. Faisal's Enduring Imprint; the Shah's Vaulting Ambition; 4. An Islamic Revolution in Iran; Initial Misreading by the Saudis; 5. Iran's Second Revolution; A Millennial Challenge to the House of Saud; 6. The Iran-Iraq War Steels Khomeini's Regime; 7. The Saudi-Iranian Race to Influence the Muslim World; 8. Saudi Arabia at the Center of the Twentieth Century's Last Major War; 9. Saudi-Iranian Détente
- 10. The Gulf Rivals' Eastward March11. Iran's Nuclear Saga; and Iraq Averts an Inter-Sectarian War; 12. The Arab Spring-Reversed by a Saudi-backed Counterrevolution; 13. Multi-front Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran; 14. Trump Fuels Gulf Rivals' Cold War; 15. Conclusions; 16. Epilogue; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index