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BL
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1090097
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bc10997
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English
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| Main Entry
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Mabon, Simon
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| Title & Author
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Saudi Arabia and Iran : : Soft Power Rivalry in the Middle East /\ Simon Mabon.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2013.
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| Series Statement
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Library of modern Middle East studies ;; 132
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1 online resource (310 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780857722423
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: 0857722425
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: 1299730566
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: 9781299730564
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9781780763118
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1780763115
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
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| Contents
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Maps; The Middle East; Iran; Saudi Arabia; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE MIDDLE EAST IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 2. ARABIAN GULF VS PERSIAN GULF; 3. HISTORY, POLITICS AND NARRATIVES OF STATE-BUILDING; 4. RELIGIOUS INCONGRUENCE; 5. ETHNO-TRIBAL INCONGRUENCE; 6. THE RESPONSE OF THE STATE; 7. INTERNAL-EXTERNAL SECURITY DILEMMAS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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| Abstract
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In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as those in Lebanon and Iraq, and more recently in Bahrain and Syria. In order to shed light upon this rivalry, Simon Mabon examines the different identity groups within Saudi Arabia and Iran (made up of vario.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Politics and government
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Saudi Arabia, Foreign relations, Iran.
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Iran, Foreign relations, Saudi Arabia.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 1979-
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Iran.
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Middle East.
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Saudi Arabia.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.538055
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DS228 .I7M33 2013eb
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