A history of modern Oman / by Jones, Jeremy, 1954-, Ridout, Nicholas Peter

Table of Contents: “…Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation, 1932-1959 -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation, 1980-2000 -- Oman in the twenty-first century.…”

A history of modern Oman / by Jones, Jeremy, 1954-, Ridout, Nicholas Peter

Table of Contents: “…Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation (1980-2000) -- Oman in the twenty-first century.…”
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John Oman and his doctrine of God / by Bevans, Stephen B., 1944-

Subjects: “…Oman, John, 1860-1939.…”
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Monsoon revolution : republicans, sultans, and empires in Oman, 1965-1976 / by Takriti, Abdel Razzaq, 1981-

“…Oman History Dhofar War, 1964-1976.…”
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The emergence of states in a tribal society : Oman under Said bin Taymur, 1932-1970 / by Rābī, ʻŪzī

Subjects: “…Saʻīd ibn Taimūr, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1910-1972.…”
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The emergence of states in a tribal society : Oman under Sa餠bin Taymur, 1932-1970 / by Rabi, Uzi

Table of Contents: “…Historical structures in Oman -- The reign of Sa婤 : 1932-1952 -- The creation of the unified tribal state, 1955-1959 -- The unified tribal state, 1960-1964 : two different versions of the state -- The discovery of oil and the Dhufar rebellion : the end of the unified tribal state, November 1964-July 1970.…”

David O. McKay and the rise of modern Mormonism / by Prince, Gregory A., 1948-

Subjects: “…McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970.…”
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Pacific Apostle : the 1920-21 diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-day Saint Island Missions / by McKay, David O. 1873-1970

Subjects: “…McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 Diaries.…”
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The military and police forces of the gulf states. by Yates, Athol, Lord, Cliff

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Fighting dirty : the inside story of covert operations from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden / by Harclerode, Peter, 1947-

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The mainland / The maritime connection / Global interaction / Urban and rural contrasts / Sacred space, secular states? / Oil and water

Modern England, 1885-1939; a history of my own times by Marriott, J. A. R. Sir, 1859-1945

“…Oman, Charles William Chadwick, Sir, ed. …”

Counter-wave : poetry of rescue in the First World War /

Table of Contents: “…Inroduction -- Ernest Hemingway -- Carola Oman -- May Cannan -- E.E. Cummings -- Vera Brittain -- Mary Borden -- Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy -- John Masefield -- Robert Service -- Laurence Binyon.…”

Britain and the administration of the Trucial States 1947-1965 / by Alhammadi, Muna M., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…British administration in the Trucial States before 1965 -- The Trucial Oman Levies and Scouts, 1951-1965 -- The Trucial States Council, 1952-1965 -- The British role in the development of the Trucial States before 1965.…”
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Britain and the administration of the Trucial States 1947-1965 / by Alhammadi, Muna M., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…British administration in the Trucial States before 1965 -- The Trucial Oman Levies and Scouts, 1951-1965 -- The Trucial States Council, 1952-1965 -- The British role in the development of the Trucial States before 1965.…”
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Confronting the colonies : British intelligence and counterinsurgency / by Cormac, Rory

Table of Contents: “…Intelligence assessment in an age of competing threats -- Unfulfilled potential: Malaya, 1948/1951 -- Turf wars and tension: Cyprus, 1955/1959 -- Into the Whitehall minefield: Aden and the Federation of South Arabia, 1962/1967 -- After Pax Britannica: Oman, 1968/1975 -- Defining threats, understanding security.…”
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Anglo-American policy toward the Persian Gulf, 1978-1985 : power, influence and restraint / by Petersen, Tore T., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The Nixonian Foundations of American Foreign Policy -- Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office -- Margaret Thatcher takes Charge -- Ronald Reagan : Leadership Style and Foreign Policy -- Iran: The Pillar Crumbles -- Iran: Getting stuck in the Rubble -- Saudi Arabia: The Myth of Independence -- Saudi Arabia: What Foreign Policy -- Oman: Discretion Required -- Epilogue.…”
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Bricks, sand, and marble : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1947-1991 / by Grathwol, Robert P., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Part 3: Army Engineers In Saudi Arabia, 1972-1988 -- 9: New programs and organizational changes, 1972-1977 -- Burgeoning workload -- Continuing work, 1972-1975 -- Saudi ordnance corps program -- Questions concerning the role of corps -- Contonments at Khamis Mushayt and Tabuk -- Third cantonment -- New medical center and general hospital for the ministry of defense and aviation -- Other projects for the ministry of defense and aviation -- Funding the projects -- Emergency water system repair in Jiddah -- Transition to the Middle East division -- Handling the growing volume of materials -- Staffing for the expanding workload -- Reorganizing engineering responsbilities -- Implementing the move to Saudi Arabia -- Locating the division rear in Virginia -- New staff in Berryville -- Middle East division's initial years -- New districts -- Engineer logistics command -- 10: Programs for the Ministry of defense and aviation in the 1970s and 1980s -- Upgrading Khamis Mushayt and Tabuk -- Medical support facilities -- Schools -- Area comander's headquaters -- VIP complexes and family housing -- Providing the infrastructure -- Closing out the projects -- Peace Hawk and Peace Sun -- Headquarters complexes -- Royal Saudi air force headquarters complex -- Ministry of defense and aviaiton headquarters complex -- Executive office building -- Design and construction of the headquarters complex -- Officiers club in Riyadh -- Designing medical centers -- 11: Modernization of the Saudi Arabian Navy and National Guard -- Saudi naval expansion program -- Initiating the program -- Ports at Jiddah and Jubayl -- Headquarters of the Royal Saudi naval forces -- Naval program constrained -- Modernizing the Saudi Arabian national guard -- Design phase -- Headquarter complex -- Military cities at Al Qasim and Al Hasa -- Construction phase -- Training facilities at Khash, al An -- Request for a camel racetrack -- Building the headquarters -- Ground settlement problems -- 12: King Abdulaziz military academy -- Beginning construction -- Procuring equipment, furniture, and furnishings -- Getting the program on track, 1981-1983 -- Completing the academy -- 13: King Khalid military city -- New master plan -- Cost-plus-award-fee contracting -- Preparing a cost-plus-award-fee contract -- Finding the right contractor -- Progress at Ras al Mishab -- Organizing for the construction -- Mobilization of the Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia consortium -- Responsibilities of the Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia consortium -- Life support -- Construction support -- Management assistance and support -- Supervising the Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia consortium -- Controversy over management -- CS-squared -- Tensions over management decisions -- Implications for progress -- Network analysis system -- Shortcoming of the Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia consortium -- Allegations of corruption -- Ending the cost-plus-award-fee contract -- Completing King Khalid military city -- Packaging construction tasks -- Pace of construction, 1981-1983 -- Facing crises in funding -- Completing first brigade facilities, 1984 -- Part 4: Changing Geopolitics In The Middle East -- New US policy -- Adjusting the work in Saudi Arabia -- Iran-Iraq war -- Collapse of bipolar geopolitics -- Iraq's attack on Kuwait -- 14: Reorienting the engineer effort, 1981-1986 -- Middle East division in the region -- Jordan -- Oman -- Design for the Oman program -- Masirah Island construction -- Khasab -- Seeb -- Thamarit -- Program status in Oman by the mid-1980s -- Kuwait -- Bahrain -- Egypt -- Sudan -- Other occasional work -- Refocusing the organization, 1981-1986 -- Extending the engineer assistance agreement -- Adjusting staff size -- Managing work from forward and rear -- Relocating command authority -- 15: From division to Middle East/Africa projects office, 1985-1991 -- Transition to the Middle East/Africa projects office -- Agruments for division status -- Status of projects in December 1985 -- Adjusting to a new entity -- Ordnance program division -- Closing out the Saudi program under the Middle East/Africa projects office -- Projects throughout the region -- Oman -- Kuwait -- Bahrain -- Egypt -- Sudan -- Voice of America -- Africa civic action -- Department of defense dependent schools -- Status at the end of the decade -- Major administrative actions, 1986-1991 -- Lifecycle project management -- Rethinking the future of the Middle East/Africa projects office -- International events intervene -- Transatlantic division -- Typing up loose ends -- Coming full circle -- Conclusion: Army engineers overseas: challenges, opportunities, and changing times -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Index.…”

Scars upon my heart : women's poetry and verse of the First World War /

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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. …”
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