The absence of grand strategy : the United States in the Persian Gulf 1972-2005/

YETIV Steve A

The absence of grand strategy : the United States in the Persian Gulf 1972-2005/ Steve A. Yetiv. - Baltimore MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 - xi, 250 p.

Analyses American policy towards Iran and Iraq from the Nixon era to George W. Bush. Concludes that the U.S. did not have a grand strategy in place but rather was more likely to balance against prevailing regional threat.

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UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--MIDDLE EAST
IRAN IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988
GULF WAR
IRAQ WAR, 2003-