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""American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region" is a well-written and -researched account of Anglo-American policy in the Persian Gulf from the end of the Second World War until the British withdrawal from east of Suez. It is a tale of personalities and administrations engaged in confrontation as well as cooperation, spun against the backdrop of an ever-more strategically important region plagued by both age-old and newer post-colonial quarrels."--Michael A. Palmer, author of "Guardians of the Gulf""" "This comprehensive and well-written book illuminates current issues without falling into the trap of present-mindedness, and it fills an important gap in the literature. Drawing on extensive archival sources and demonstrating a firm command of the secondary literature, Fain provides a clear account of policy-making in both the United States and Great Britain. His deep knowledge of both nations' policies enables him to present a nuanced account of the differences as well as the similarities in US and British policies toward the region."

--David S. Painter, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University

This is a critical examination of the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region. Through its coverage of the history of American diplomacy in the Persian Gulf, the book gives valuable context to our current foreign policy entanglements. And yet, as the reviewer points out, Fain illuminates current issues without falling into the trap of present-mindedness.There are few books that give a comprehensive and accessible account of America's diplomatic involvement in the Gulf. There are none that simultaneously give such a rich exploration of Britain's waning role.This book critically examines the origins of American diplomacy in the greater Persian Gulf region, arguing that it was the inability of the United States to contend effectively with the disintegration of British imperial authority in the Gulf that eventually led it to assume its current role in the region.

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