TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yetiv,Steve A.
TI  - The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005
SN  - 9780801887826
AV  - DS63.2.U5 Y48 2008 
U1  - 327.73053609/045 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
KW  - Persian Gulf War, 1991
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Middle East-Foreign relations-United States
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-Middle East
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-1981-1989
KW  - United States-Foreign relations-1989-
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction. No Grand Strategy -- 1. Exploring Great Powers in Regions -- 2. The Nixon Administration's Twin Pillars -- 3. The Reagan Administration and the Iran-Iraq War -- 4. The Bush Administration and Constructive Engagement -- 5. The Iraq War of 1991 -- 6. The Clinton Administration and Saddam Hussein -- 7. Containment-Plus and Regime Change in Iraq -- 8. The Iraq War of 2003 -- 9. The Decline of Balance-of-Power Policy -- 10. The Balance Sheet, So to Speak -- 11. Theory, Strategy, and Realism -- Conclusion. Reactive Engagement -- Appendix: Core Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - foreign policy are rippling across the globe, The Absence of Grand Strategy offers key insight into the nature and evolution of American foreign policy in the Gulf
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