Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1795-1880.

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First edition, first impression, in the uncommon jacket. Britain and the Persian Gulf established Kelly as the leading Western historian of the region and remains unsurpassed. Kelly exerted considerable influence on Western policy in respect to the Arab states, "first over British strategy in the Arabian peninsula in the 1950s and 1960s, and then, after a move to Washington, over American Middle Eastern policy in the 1980s" (obituary). Along with Bernard Lewis, PJ Vatikiotis, and Elie Kedourie, Kelly "was one of the so-called 'Gang of Four', pre-eminent scholars in the field who believed that Western policy towards the Arab world was distorted by sentimental illusions notably, that it mistook the tyranny imposed by Arab nationalist regimes for progress" (obituary). "Obituary: Professor J. B. Kelly", Daily Telegraph, 24 September 2009. Octavo. With 2 folding maps. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Extremities a little sunned, a little finger soiling on edges; jacket unclipped, spine toned, a few losses along upper edge: a fine copy in very good jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 174016

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