John Peterson & Richard Sindelar 
Crosscurrents in the Gulf [PDF ebook] 

The discovery of oil in the Gulf revolutionised its social and economic relationship with the West. This book provides a broad overview of foreign policy imperatives, an examination of three of the most important issues – the Iran-Iraq war, OPEC, socio-political extremism – and finally a closer inspection of three of the key players in that area: Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.