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Cold war in the Islamic world : Saudi Arabia, Iran and the struggle for supremacy
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Cold war in the Islamic world : Saudi Arabia, Iran and the struggle for supremacy / Dilip Hiro.
ISBN
9780190055905 (ebook) :
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Previously issued in print: London: Hurst & Company, 2018.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 17, 2019).
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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.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 20, 2019
Series
Oxford scholarship online
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Specialized.
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