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The Persian Gulf and the West : the dilemmas of security / Charles A. Kupchan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kupchan, Charles.
- Series:
- Routledge Library Editions: Iran
- Routledge library editions. Iran ; v. 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Command.
- United States.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Military policy.
- National security--Persian Gulf Region.
- National security.
- Europe--Military policy.
- Europe.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides a broadly comparative and historical re-examination of the fundamental strategic dilemmas that confront the Western world in the Persian Gulf region. This systematic study of how the West has defined and dealt with its security interests in this region reveals three central strategic dilemmas: strategy versus capability, globalism versus regionalism, and unilateralism versus collectivism. The first part of the book focuses on US policy with particular emphasis on the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The author explains why there has been a per
- Contents:
- Cover; The Persian Gulf and the West; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. The setting, 1946-1973; Chapter Three. The October war and its aftermath; Chapter Four. Iran, Afghanistan, and the evolution of the Carter doctrine; Chapter Five. The rapid deployment force: planning, strategy, operational requirements; Chapter Six. U.S. power in the Gulf: military strategy and regional politics; Chapter Seven. The western alliance and middle east policy: attempts at cooperation; Chapter Eight. The out - of - area problem for NATO
- Chapter Nine. The dilemmas of Persian Gulf securityBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- First published in 1987.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-83412-5
- 1-283-57846-8
- 9786613890917
- 1-136-83413-3
- 0-203-83212-4
- 9780203832127
- OCLC:
- 797919030
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