Authored by Abir, Mordechai; Yodfat, Aryeh

• Oil - the USSR and the Persian Gulf; Russia and the Middle East; Soviet regime - first stages (1917-1947); limited Soviet successes (1940-late 1950s); the breakthrough (late 1950s-1967); anticipating a vacuum in the Gulf (1967-1971); in the direction of the Persian Gulf (1972-1976); South Yemen - the Cuba of the Middle East; power rivalry in the Indian Ocean; trends and considerations. Appendices: Soviet-Iraqi treaty; Soviet-Somali treaty.

Authored by Abir, Mordechai; Yodfat, Aryeh

• Oil - the USSR and the Persian Gulf; Russia and the Middle East; Soviet regime - first stages (1917-1947); limited Soviet successes (1940-late 1950s); the breakthrough (late 1950s-1967); anticipating a vacuum in the Gulf (1967-1971); in the direction of the Persian Gulf (1972-1976); South Yemen - the Cuba of the Middle East; power rivalry in the Indian Ocean; trends and considerations. Appendices: Soviet-Iraqi treaty; Soviet-Somali treaty.

Authored by Abir, Mordechai; Yodfat, Aryeh

• Oil - the USSR and the Persian Gulf; Russia and the Middle East; Soviet regime - first stages (1917-1947); limited Soviet successes (1940-late 1950s); the breakthrough (late 1950s-1967); anticipating a vacuum in the Gulf (1967-1971); in the direction of the Persian Gulf (1972-1976); South Yemen - the Cuba of the Middle East; power rivalry in the Indian Ocean; trends and considerations. Appendices: Soviet-Iraqi treaty; Soviet-Somali treaty.