TY - BOOK AU - KECHICHIAN Joseph A TI - Oman and the world: the emergence of an independent foreign policy SN - 0833023322 (pbk.) PY - 1995/// CY - Santa Monica, Calif., USA PB - RAND KW - BOUNDARIES KW - FOREIGN POLICY KW - OMAN N2 - History of Oman's foreign relations which includes history of the country itself. Drawing on extensive research and numerous interviews - including with Sultan Qaboos himself - this book provides a comprehensive picture of the important role Oman has created for itself as an independent non-aligned state. In appendices the book includes the text of boundary agreements between Oman and Iran, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Bibliography and index ER -