1st Edition

The Persian Gulf and the West (RLE Iran D)

By Charles Kupchan Copyright 1987
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The Setting, 1946-1973  3. The October War and Its Aftermath  4. Iran, Afghanistan and the Evolution of the Carter Doctrine  5. The Rapid Deployment Force: Planning, Strategy, Operational Requirements  6. US Power in the Gulf: Military Strategy and Regional Politics  7. The Western Alliance and Middle East Policy: Attempts at Cooperation  8. The Out-of-Area Problem for Nato  9. The Dilemmas of Persian Gulf Security.  Bibliography.  Index.

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