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  • DEFENDING ARABIA
    J.E. PETERSON
    The defence of the Gulf has been a vital strategic concern for close on 100 years. The British first became involved in the Gulf to protect the sea routes to India and with the development of international air routes the Gulf became a crucial staging post. This book, first published in 1986, surveys the strategic issues in the defence of the Gulf from the earliest British invol...

    $1,100.00

  • YEMEN: THE SEARCH FOR A MODERN STATE
    J.E. PETERSON
    The development of North Yemen in the twentieth century was one of the most interesting features of the Arabian Peninsula. After the traumas of the civil war which embroiled Nasser’s Egypt, the country emerged from its traditional tribal heritage into the modern world. Sandwiched between Saudi Arabia and Marxist South Yemen, the country had an awkward and delicate problem in ba...

    $1,360.00

  • OMAN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
    J.E. PETERSON
    Oman was ruled by the Al Bu Sa’id for 250 years, and during this period the fortunes of the state varied considerably. But in July 1970, as a result of a palace coup, the state abruptly turned away from isolation and traditions of the past. The most obvious alteration was in the dramatic change in the outward appearance of the country, particularly as exemplified by the rejecti...

    $1,100.00

  • SAUDI ARABIA AND THE ILLUSION OF SECURITY
    J.E. PETERSON
    This paper examines Saudi Arabia's security from the Saudi point of view, concentrating on internal challenges to the country's security as well as external threats. It also surveys US-Saudi relations in the aftermath of the terrorist strikes of the 11th of September 2001. ...

    $960.00

  • IMAGERY, CREATIVITY, AND DISCOVERY: A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
    ROSKOS-EWOLDSEN, B. / INTONS-PETERSON, M.J. / ANDERSON, R.E.
    What factors affect creativity and the generation of creative images? What factors affect the ability to reinterpret those images? Research described in this book indicates that expectations constrain both of these attributes of creativity. Characteristics of the imagined pattern, such as cohesiveness or its psychological goodness, also affect image generation and reinterpretat...

    $928.00