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Absence of Grand Strategy:

The United States in the Persian Gulf 1972-2005

ISBN-13: 9780801887819
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
By Steve A. Yetiv
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Local release date: 14/06/2008
Format: Hardback 264 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: International relations [JPS]

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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.

List of TablesPrefaceIntroduction: No Grand Strategy1. Exploring Great Powers in Regions2. The Nixon Administration's Twin Pillars3. The Reagan Administration and the Iran-Iraq War4. The Bush Administration and Constructive Engagement5. The Iraq War of 19916. The Clinton Administration and Saddam Hussein7. Containment-Plus and Regime Change in Iraq8. The Iraq War of 20039. The Decline of Balance-of-Power Policy10. The Balance Sheet, So to Speak11. Theory, Strategy, and RealismConclusion: Reactive EngagmentAppendix: Core InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndex

""Theoretically guided but not heavily theoretical, Yetiv's book is well conceived and clearly presented... Highly recommended.""

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Absence of Grand Strategy:

The United States in the Persian Gulf 1972-2005