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Introduction -- The trials of independence, 1971-2 -- The oil revolution, 1973 -- Challenges and opportunities, 1974-7 -- Revolution and reaction, 1978-9 -- War and peace, 1980 -- The empire strikes back? 1981 -- Conclusion: imperialism after empire?.

Introduction -- The trials of independence, 1971-2 -- The oil revolution, 1973 -- Challenges and opportunities, 1974-7 -- Revolution and reaction, 1978-9 -- War and peace, 1980 -- The empire strikes back? 1981 -- Conclusion: imperialism after empire?.

"Although Britain's formal imperial role in the smaller, oil-rich sheikdoms of the Arab Gulf - Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates - ended in 1971, Britain continued to have a strong interest and continuing presence in the region. This book explores the nature of Britain's role after the formal end of empire. It traces the historical events of the post-imperial years, including the 1973 oil shock, the fall of the Shah in Iran and the beginnings of the Iran-Iraq War, considers the changing positions towards the region of other major world powers, including the United States, and engages with debates on the nature of empire and the end of empire. The book is a sequel to the author's ... previous books: Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71 (Routledge 2004) and Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973 (Routledge 2012)."--Provided by publisher.

1. Labour's return to power, nuclear sharing, Rhodesia, and the escalation of the Vietnam War, March 1964-March 1966 -- 2. Dissociation, NATO, and the continuing crisis in Rhodesia, March 1966-January 1967 -- 3. The Wilson-Kosygin talks, crisis in the Middle East, the defence review, and the devaluation of sterling, January-December 1967 -- 4. Withdrawal from east of Suez, Wilson's visit to Moscow, gold and monetary crises, Vietnam peace initiatives, and the end of the Johnson presidency, January 1968-January 1969.

Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. This book examines the decision-making process which underpinned Britain's reasons for leaving the Gulf.