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Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976
At a time when Arab revolutionary movements are once again dominating the headlines, Monsoon Revolution offers a fresh reading of the Arab revolutionary tradition, examining one of its foremost illustrations.The Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976) was the longest running major armed struggle in the history of the Arabian Peninsula - Britain's last classic colonial war in the region - and one of the highlights of the Cold War in the Middle East. Monsoon Revolution retrieves the political, social, andcultural history of that remarkable process. It analyses its causes, course, and outcomes, while uncovering the networks, ideologies, personalities, as well as the regional and global actors that sustained it. Relying upon a wide range of untapped Arab and British archival and oral sources, itrevises the modern political history of Oman by revealing the centrality of popular movements in shaping events and outcomes. Monsoon Revolution further examines colonial dynamics, narrating the
Product details: Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976
Author : Abdel Razzaq Takriti
Pages : 368 pages
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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ISBN-10 : 0199674434
ISBN-13 : 9780199674435
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