Iran and American geopolitics in the Gulf

Letter to Editor, New York Times (20 December, 1978), p. A26.

See Robert Engler , The brotherhood of oil (University of Chicago Press, 1977);

see also John M. Blair , The control of oil (New York, Pantheon , 1976).

Quoted Christian Science Monitor (13 September, 1978 ), p. 12.

'Access to oil — the United States relationship with Saudi Arabia and Iran', Staff Study, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (December 1977), p. 111.

Ibid., p. 75.

Leslie M. Pryor , 'Arms and the Shah', Foreign Policy (31: 56-71).

Senate Report, op. cit., p. 84.

Ibid., p. 84.

Oriana Fallaci , Interview with history (New York, Liveright, 1976), p. 279; emphasis added.

Ibid., p. 280.

'The world according to Brzezinski'. Interview by James Reston , New York Times Magazine (31 December, 1978), pp. 9-11, 26-7.

Ibid , p. 9.

For above discussion see Richard Halloran , 'US aides say US will defend oil interests', New York Times (26 February, 1979), p. A12;

'How far will US go to protect Mideast oil?', US News and World Report (12 March, 1979), p. 24;

Daniel Southerland , "'Strike force" for Mideast oil', Christian Science Monitor (23 February, 1979), p. 7,

Drew Middleton , 'The Mideast power balance and Brown's tour of area', New York Times (13 February, 1979), p. A10.

Dean Acheson , Present at the creation ( New York, Norton, 1969 ), p. 645.