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Sultanate Of Oman, The »
Authors: Miriam Joyce
ISBN-13: 9780275952228, ISBN-10: 0275952223
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: ABC-Clio, LLC
Date Published: August 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Miriam Joyce
MIRIAM JOYCE is an Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University, Calumet.
Book Synopsis
This book examines the Omani struggle to preserve its heritage and at the same time to accept the challenges of membership in the international community.
Booknews
Details the history of the country, from the beginning of Sultan Faisal's rule in 1888, through struggles among conservative religious forces, Saudi aggression, two world wars, Marxist subversion, the oil boom, and the building of a modern nation-state. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Before the Great War | 1 |
| 2 | Between the Great Wars | 23 |
| 3 | Enemies: Old and New | 45 |
| 4 | Relinquishing Gawadur | 65 |
| 5 | Oil | 83 |
| 6 | Sultan Qaboos | 103 |
| Bibliographic Essay | 125 | |
| Index | 127 |
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