Download or read book Anglo-American Policy Toward the Persian Gulf, 1978-1985 written by Tore T. Petersen and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an analysis on how Great Britain and the United States confronted the initial emergence of fundamentalist Islam with the occupation of the Holy Mosque in Mecca and Khomenei's revolution in Iran. Despite the loss of Iran, the United States and Britain managed to secure the Arab side of the Persian Gulf in the Western camp.