Article: The Sultanate of Oman: A Twentieth Century History

The Sultanate of Oman: A Twentieth Century History, by Miriam Joyce. Westport, CT and London: Praeger Publishers, 1995. xv + 124 pages. Bibl. essay to p. 126. Index to p. 131. $45. Miriam Joyce, an assistant professor at the University of Purdue, Calumet, has written a very brief and uneven survey of Omani history in the 20th century. The theme would appear to be the Sultanate 's struggle to retain "its status as an independent power. . . [while] beset by numerous obstacles" (p. xiv). The book is based on American and British government records, interviews with current Omani officials, memoirs, and secondary sources on Oman.

The Sultanate of Oman has six chapters. The first, "Before the ...

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