Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 477 g
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 477 g
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8781-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
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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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 Engagment
Appendix: Core Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index