Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976

by Abdel Razzaq Takriti

Overview

The Dhufar revolution in Oman (1965-1976) was the longest running major armed struggle in the history of the Arabian Peninsula, Britain's last classic colonial war in the region, and one of the highlights of the Cold War in the Middle East.Monsoon Revolution retrieves the political, social, and cultural history of that remarkable process. Relying upon a wide range of untapped Arab and British archival and oral sources, it revises the modern history of Oman by revealing the centrality of popular movements in shaping events and outcomes. The ties that bound transnational anti-colonial networks are explored, and Dhufar is revealed to be an ideal vantage point from which to demonstrate the centrality of South-South connections in modern Arab history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192515612
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/25/2016
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti is a Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield. He holds a DPhil from St Antony's College, Oxford and was a Junior Research Fellow in Political History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1: Imperial Sovereignty in Omani History
• 2: Dhufari Politics, Society, and Economy
• 3: A Struggle for Sovereignty
• 4: Crisis at Home and Developments Abroad, 1966-1968
• 5: Relocating the Revolutionary Subject: From DLF to PFLOAG
• 6: Last Stand of the Raj
• 7: The Sultan is Deposed, Long Reign the Sultan!
• 8: Constructing the Absolutist State
• 9: Revolutionary Culture
• 10: From Citizenship to Subjecthood: Episodes From 1971-76
• Conclusion
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index

Editorial Reviews

"Beautifully written, Monsoon Revolution's narrative has an intense propulsive force, its sources are rich and varied, and the history it outlines rightly spills over national boundaries and properly situates Oman in the multiple and overlapping geographies of empire, anticolonial mobilization, and a range of different Arab nationalities....This important, substantively rich, readable, and persuasive work should be required reading for any student of revolutions, empires, uprisings, and geopolitics in the Middle East."—Review of Middle Eastern Studies

"A well-written, extensively documented, in-depth analysis of the Dhufar revolutionary movement of 1965-76. An important book. Highly recommended."—CHOICE

"For an understanding of the contemporary Arabian peninsula, Takriti's analysis will now become the key reference. His analysis of the connections between the internal dynamics of the Dhufari revolution and the ideological and political cross-currents that defined anti-imperialist politics in the Arab world sets an example for how to examine political movements."—Capital and Class

"The reader encounters an array of interesting characters and vignettes which alone ought to inspire future researchers...Monsoon Revolution breaks much new ground and provides a baseline for future research...Any subsequent histories of Oman will have to refer to this book."—Arabian Humanities

"At last we have an outstanding English language study of the Dhufari revolution...Takriti's purpose is easily stated...and the task is superbly accomplished...Altogether, this is an invaluable book that deserves a wide readership."—Race and Class

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