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Cold war in the Islamic world : Saudi Arabia, Iran and the struggle for supremacy / Dilip Hiro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hiro, Dilip, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saudi Arabia--Foreign relations--Iran.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Iran--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
- Iran.
- Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2019
- Summary:
- For decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence, above all in the Islamic world, by sponsoring proxy religious and military forces in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lies the Sunni-Shia divide and the intertwined histories of those who speak Arabic and those who speak Persian. Whereas Saudis frame the rivalry with their neighbours in sectarian terms, given the Wahhabi House of Saud's hostility to Shias, the leaders of Iran's clerical republic contend that monarchy, as in Saudi Arabia, is 'un-Islamic' and therefore illegitimate.
- Contents:
- Half-title Title Spelling and Transliteration 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 March 11. 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 Select Bibliography
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: London: Hurst & Company, 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 17, 2019).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-005590-1
- 0-19-005022-5
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