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U.S. Military Strategy in the Gulf (Routledge Revivals) Origins and Evolution Under the Carter and Reagan Administrations
By Amitav Acharya
Copyright 1989
226 Pages
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Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1989, this title explores the nature and dimensions of the U.S. strategy in the Gulf in the formative years that followed the fall of the Shah, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war. It describes the formation of the U.S. Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force and the U.S. Central Command, their force structure and the network of U.S. bases and... Read more
List of Tables and Maps; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Preface 1. Evolution of U.S. Interests and Objectives 2. The Shah and the Dixon Doctrine 3. From Teheran to Kabul, 1979: Gulf Crises and American Reassertion 4. The Central Command 5. Bases, ‘Facility Access’, and Geopolitics 6. Threats, Contingency Planning, and Response 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Amitav Acharya
