TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mirfendereski,Guive
TI  - A diplomatic history of the Caspian Sea: treaties, diaries, and other stories 
SN  - 0312240058
AV  - DK511.C07 M57 2001
U1  - 327.55047 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave
KW  - Caspian Sea Region
KW  - History
KW  - Russia
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Iran
KW  - Soviet Union
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index; Foreword; H. E. Chehabi --; 1; The Price of Survival (1721-1724) --; 2; Persian Restoration (1724-1735) --; 3; A Russian Lake (1735-1781) --; 4; Catherine and Agha Mohammad (1781-1797) --; 5; Creeping South to Astara-Chay (1797-1829) --; 6; On to Ashuradeh! (1835-1841) --; 7; Melgunov's Field Trip (1858-1860) --; 8; The Royal Playground (1866-1870) --; 9; The Voyager King (1873) --; 10; Ballantine's Travels (1875) --; 11; To Qizil Su and Beyond (1869-1876) --; 12; The Shah's Second European Tour (1878) --; 13; Taming of the Turkmens (1879-1881) --; 14; Hemming of Persia at Gudri (1881-1893) --; 15; Curzon's Complaint (1892) --; 16; The Mortgaging of Persia (1872-1896) --; 17; Savage-Landor's Lament (1901) --; 18; Surf and Turf (1901-1903) --; 19; Mozaffar ed-Din's Concessions (1898-1907) --; 20; At the Water's Edge (1902) --; 21; The Lords of Northern Persia (1907-1917) --; 22; Seeing Red (1917) --; 23; The Fisher of Troubled Waters (1917-1918) --; 24; Baku or Bust! (1918-1920) --; 25; The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (1920) --; 26; The League's Legalese (1920) --; 27; Mending Fences (1921) --; 28; The Sinclair Squeeze Play (1922-1924) --; 29; Fish Stories (1927) --; 30; Peripheral Developments (1923-1936) --; 31; The Shah's Northern Navy (1924-1935) --; 32; The Iranian and Soviet Sea (1931-1940) --; 33; Making Virtue of Necessity (1939-1943) --; 34; Lingering Imperialism (1943-1947) --; 35; Good Neighborliness (1953-1971) --; 36; Peace on Land, Peace at Sea (1952-1977) --; 37; Imaginary Line, Real Limits (1962-1991) --; 38; A Secret Covenant (1962) --; 39; Death and Succession (1991) --; 40; New Players, New Game, New Rules (1991-1997) --; 41; Diplomacy and Betrayal (1997-1999) --; 42; Our Sea, 2000 --; App. 1; Letter from Ahmad Mirfendereski --; App. 2; Statement (undated) of Admiral Saifallah Anushiravani
N2  - "In a series of short stories that both inform and amuse, this book transports the reader to the windswept shores of the Caspian Sea and provides a provocative glimpse at the wars, reconciliations, intrigues, and betrayals that have shaped the political geography of this region since the 1720s. With the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991-1992 and the dismantling of the old Iranian-Soviet regime of the sea, the Caspian littoral faces new challenges, as the regional actors and outside players seek unprecedented opportunities to exploit the area's enormous oil and gas resources. This book explores the historical themes that inform and animate the more immediate and familiar discussions about petroleum, pipelines, and ethnic conflict in the region."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol058/2001032194.html
ER  -