Download or read book The Persian Gulf at the Millennium written by Gary G. Sick and published by MacMillan UK. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intervention on the part of the Western powers in the domestic affairs of the eight regional states of the Gulf was a familiar feature from World War II until the British withdrawal in 1971, when it assumed more subtle forms. In addition, the oil shocks of the 1970s, followed closely by the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis, triggered economic dislocations across the globe, as well as political upheaval and the disruption of a long-established security structure.