Conflict and Cooperation in the Gulf Region

• Main Author: Kostiner, Joseph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009.
• Subjects: Political science.; International relations.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; International Relations.

This book analyzes four main episodes of conflict and defense which have affected the region during the last three decades: the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), which effected the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from a close, neighborly distance; the Iraq-Kuwait war (1990-1991), which constituted an attemp...

Table of Contents:

• The Iran-Iraq War
• The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
• Between the Gulf Wars: Restrained Conflict
• Al-Qa’ida’s Challenge: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the War Against Terrorism, 1992–2005
• Conclusion.