Sayed Hassan Amin.Political and Strategic Issues in the Gulf (Glasgow : Royston, 1984), p. 66.
2.
Robert Lacey, The Kingdom (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1981), p. 379.
3.
Shahram Chubin, Security in the Persian Gulf: The Role of Outside Powers (Aldershot : Gower, 1981), p. 154.
4.
Robert Litwak, Security in the Persian Gulf: Sources of Inter-state Conflict ( Aldershot: Gower, 1981), p. 6.
5.
Atif A. Kubursi, Oil, Industrialization and Development in the Arab Gulf States ( London: Croom Helm, 1984), pp. 23-4.
6.
Shahram Chubin (ed.), Security in the Persian Gulf: Domestic Political Factors (AldershotGower, 1981), p. 70.
7.
Ibid., p. 81.
8.
Atif A. Kubursi, op. cit., p. 38.
9.
Shahram Chubin , The Role of Outside Powers, op. cit., p. 201.
10.
Atif A. Kubursi, op. cit., p. 34.
11.
Anthony H. Cordesman, The Gulf and the Search for Strategic Stability ( London : Westview Press. 1984), p. 27.
12.
Ibid., p. 34.
13.
Ibid., p. 164.
14.
William B. Quandt , Saudi Arabia's Oil Policy ( Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1982). pp. 19-20.
15.
Anthony H. Cordesman, op. cit., p- 262.
16.
Ibid., pp. 514-16.
17.
Ibid., p. 397.
18.
See in particular, Anthony H. Cordesman, op. cit.; Thomas L. McNaughter, Arms and Oil (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1985); Security in the Persian Gulf (London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1981), all volumes, particularly Shahmm Chubin, The Role of Outside Powers.
19.
See in particular: Hassan Ali Al-Ebraheem, Kuwait and the Gulf ( London: Croom Helm. 1984) and Atif A. Kurbursi , op. cit
20.
It should be noted that the West still views the Soviet Union as a threat to the region.
21.
Valerie York and Louis Turner, European Interests and Gulf Oil (Aldershot: Gower, 1986 ).
22.
Shaul Bakhash , The Reign of the Ayatollahs ( London: I.B. Tauris, 1985), p. 250.
23.
The Wall Street Journal 9 December 1985
24.
OPEC Annual Report, 1984.
25.
Middle East Economic Digest, 23-29 November 1985.
26.
Valerie York and Louis Turner, op. cit, pp 69-70; and private conversations with various international bankers specialising in the region.
27.
Preamble of the Unified Economic Agreement Among the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
28.
John F. Mugno, 'Business Strategies for an Oil Market in Surplus', speech delivered to the Energy Bureau, Houston, Texas, 26 February 1986; and private conversation with David A. Warner, Vice President, Mobil Oil Corporation, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
