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The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972–2005
Steve A. Yetiv
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887826
SKU
V9780801887826
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About Steve A. Yetiv
Steve A. Yetiv is a professor of political science at Old Dominion University and author of Explaining Foreign Policy: U.S. Decision-Making and the Persian Gulf War, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972–2005
It should be required reading for all graduate students contemplating a doctoral thesis in international relations theory.
David E. Long Middle East Journal 2008 Theoretically guided but not heavily theoretical, Yetiv's book is well conceived and clearly presented... Highly recommended. Choice 2008
David E. Long Middle East Journal 2008 Theoretically guided but not heavily theoretical, Yetiv's book is well conceived and clearly presented... Highly recommended. Choice 2008