The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005 - Couverture souple

Yetiv, Steve A.

 
9780801887826: The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005
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ISBN 10 : 0801887828 ISBN 13 : 9780801887826
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Great powers and grand strategies. It is easy to assume that the most powerful nations pursue and employ consistent, cohesive, and decisive policies in trying to promote their interests in regions of the world. Popular theory emphasizes two such grand strategies that great powers may pursue: balance of power policy or hegemonic domination. But, as Steve A. Yetiv contends, things may not always be that cut and dried.

Analyzing the evolution of the United States' foreign policy in the Persian Gulf from 1972 to 2005, Yetiv offers a provocative and panoramic view of American strategies in a region critical to the functioning of the entire global economy. Ten cases--from the policies of the Nixon administration to George W. Bush's war in Iraq--reveal shifting, improvised, and reactive policies that were responses to unanticipated and unpredictable events and threats. In fact, the distinguishing feature of the U.S. experience in the Gulf has been the absence of grand strategy.

Yetiv introduces the concept of "reactive engagement" as an alternative approach to understanding the behavior of great powers in unstable regions. At a time when the effects of U.S. 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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À propos de l?auteur

Steve A. Yetiv is a professor of political science at Old Dominion University and author of The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005 and Explaining Foreign Policy: U.S. Decision-Making in the Gulf Wars, both published by Johns Hopkins.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801887828
ISBN 13 
9780801887826
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780801887819: The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005

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ISBN 10 :  080188781X ISBN 13 :  9780801887819
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
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