Gulf States (Bahrain, Oman, Qatar & the United Arab Emirates)
(see also Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf War 1991-2003 & Petroleum Trade)
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
World Guide (Montevideo)
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Middle
East Research & Information Project
Publishers of MERIP Report, an indispensable source.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
'Abd Allah, Muhammad Mursi. The United Arab Emirates: A Modern History (London: Croom Helm, 1978).
Al Abed, Ibrahim & Peter Hellyer (eds.) United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective (?,?).
Al-Khalifa, Abdulla bin Khalid & Michael Rice (ed.) Bahrain Through the Ages: The History (London: Kegan Paul, 1993).
Al-Tajir, Mahdi Abdalla. Bahrain, 1920-1945: Britain, the Shaykh, & the Administration (London: Croom Helm, 1987).
Allen, Calvin H. Oman: The Modernization of the Sultanate (Boulder: Westview, 1987).
__________& W. Lynn Rigsbee. Oman under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996 (London: Frank Cass, 2000).
Amnesty International. Bahrain: Violations of Human Rights (NY, 1991).
__________. Bahrain: A Human Rights Crisis (NY, 1995).
Anon. The Oman War, 1957-1959: A Critical History (London: Gulf Committee, 1974).
Clarke, Angela. Bahrain Oil & Development, 1929-1989 (Boulder: International Research Center for Energy & Economic Development, 1990).
Clements, Frank. Oman, the Reborn Land (NY: Longman, 1980).
Cordesman, Anthony H. Bahrain, Oman, Qatar & the UAE. Challenges of Security (Boulder: Westview, 1997).
El Mallakh, Ragaei. Qatar: Energy & Development (London: Croom Helm, 1985).
El-Nawawy, Mohammed & Adel Iskandar Farag. Al-Jazeera: How the All Arab News Network is Revolutionizing the Arab World (Boulder: Westview, 2002).
Fenelon, K.G. The United Arab Emirates: An Economic & Social Survey (2nd ed.; London: Longman, 1976).
Gause, F. Gregory III. Political Opposition in the Gulf Monarchies (San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute, 2000).
Jenner, Michael. Bahrain, Gulf Heritage in Transition (NY: Longman, 1984).
Kechichian, Joseph A. Oman & the World: The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy (Santa Monica: Rand Corp., 1995).
Khalifa, Ali Mohammed. The United Arab Emirates: Unity in Fragmentation (Boulder: Westview,, 1979).
Koury, Enver M. The United Arab Emirates, its Political System & Politics (Hyattsville MD: Institute of Middle Eastern & North African Affairs, 1980).
Lawson, Fred Haley. Bahrain: The Modernization of an Autocracy (Boulder: Westview, 1989).
Mansur, Ahsan & Volker Treichel (eds.) Oman Beyond the Oil Horizon: Policies Toward Sustainable Growth (Washington: IMF, 1999).
Nakhleh, Emile A. Bahrain: Political Development in a Modernizing Society (Lexington MA: Lexington, 1976).
Nugent, Jeffrey B. & Theodore Thomas (eds.) Bahrain & the Gulf: Past Perspectives & Alternative Futures (NY: St. Martin's, 1985).
Peck, Malcolm C. The United Arab Emirates: A Venture in Unity (Boulder: Westview, 1986).
Peterson, John. Oman in the 20th C.: Political Foundations of an Emerging State (London: Croom Helm, 1978).
Phillips, Wendell. Oman: a History (London, 1967).
Price, David Lynn. Oman: Insurgency & Development (London: Institute for the Study of Conflict, 1975).
Pridham, B.R. (ed.) Oman: Economic, Social, & Strategic Developments (London: Croom Helm, 1987).
Riphenburg, Carol J. Oman: Political Development in a Changing World (Westport CT: Praeger, 1998).
Rumaihi, M.G. Bahrain: Social & Political Change Since the First World War (NY: Bowker, 1976).
Sadik, Muhammad T. Bahrain, Qatar, & the United Arab Emirates: Colonial Past, Present Problems & Future Prospects (Lexington MA: Lexington, 1972).
Skeet, Ian. Oman: Politics & Development (NY: St. Martin's, 1992).
Townsend, John. Oman: The Making of a Modern State (NY: St. Martin's, 1977).
Vine, Peter. United Arab Emirates: Profile of a Country's Heritage & Modern Development (London: Immel, 1992).
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Gerard, Bernard. Qatar: A Forward Looking Country with Centuries Old Traditions (Boulogne: Delroisse, 1973).
__________. Bahrain (Boulogne: Delroisse, 1974).
Kay, Shirley. Bahrain: Island Heritage (Dubai: Motivate, 1993).
Wheatcroft, Andrew. Bahrain in Original Photographs (NY: Kegan Paul, 1988).