Satellite imagery of the Persian Gulf, fieldwork in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, and data from published sources are integrated to develop a thorough understanding of large-scale stratal architecture in carbonate ramps. A section of this study deals with the identification of key-surfa…
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This dissertation examines the slave trade from East Africa to the Arabian Gulf and the role of the African diaspora in the Gulf economy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, this study attempts to present an analytical framework for understanding …
The Persian Gulf is a shallow, semi-enclosed marginal sea where the Persian Gulf Water (PGW), one of the most saline water masses in the world, is formed due to the arid climate. The PGW flushes out of the Persian Gulf as a deep outflow and induces a surface inflow of the Indian…
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, George H.W. Bush achieved the rhetorical success that had escaped his prior speaking endeavors. If the aforementioned assessments regarded Bush's Gulf War rhetoric as a rhetorical triumph, in light of prior damning criticism of h…
This dissertation examines U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf since World War II. It posits that contingent imperialism can explain American involvement. Three variants of contingent imperialism are applied to this case study: alliance, proxy, and unilateral. The case study…
This thesis analyzes the unexplored space that Iranian expatriates occupy in Persian Gulf Arab States, specifically Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. It argues that culturally ascribed markers such as ethnicity, language, clothing, gender, religion, historical factors and na…
This dissertation is concerned with the interaction between politics and trade in late Safavid Iran. It explores government reactions to the economic crisis that occurred in the reign of Shah Solayman (1666-1694). The dissertation's argument is informed by the conviction that Sa…
The Anglo-American Gulf: Britain's Departure and America's Arrival in the Persian Gulf is a historical narrative that examines how London and Washington influenced the Persian Gulf region from World War II to Operation Desert Storm in 1991. This study examines how the British fo…
This dissertation explores the United States' response to the steady decline of British power in the Persian Gulf region between Iran's 1951 nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and President Lyndon Johnson's initial efforts in 1968 to cope with Britain's proposed de…
The Arabian (Persian) Gulf is a semi-enclosed sea characterized by negative water mass balance caused by the aridity of the region. Its physical oceanography has not been investigated adequately. There is considerable uncertainty about the driving forces of the non-tidal current…