Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 “Toll-Gates of Empire”: Britain, the United States, and the Persian Gulf Region before 1951

Chapter 3 Anticolonialism, Revolutionary Nationalism, and Cold War: Anglo-American Relations in the Persian Gulf Region, 1950–1956

Chapter 4 “A Delicate Structure”: Consolidation and Crisis in the Persian Gulf Region, 1957–1960

Chapter 5 “What a World It Is!”: Kennedy, Macmillan, and the Persian Gulf Region, 1961–1963

Chapter 6 “For God’s Sake, Act Like Britain!”: Johnson, Wilson, and Britain’s Decision to Withdraw from the Persian Gulf Region, 1964–1968

Chapter 7 “The Twilight of the Pax Britannica”: The United States and Britain’s Departure from the Persian Gulf Region, 1968–1972