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100 1 _aYETIV Steve A
245 _aThe absence of grand strategy :
_bthe United States in the Persian Gulf 1972-2005/
_cSteve A. Yetiv.
260 _aBaltimore MD :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2008
300 _axi, 250 p.
520 _aAnalyses 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.
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xFOREIGN RELATIONS
_xMIDDLE EAST
650 _aIRAN IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988
650 _aGULF WAR
650 _aIRAQ WAR, 2003-
945 _i25247-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c10924
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