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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779194903321

Autore

Kupchan Charles.

Titolo

The Persian Gulf and the West : the dilemmas of security / / Charles A. Kupchan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-83412-5

1-283-57846-8

9786613890917

1-136-83413-3

0-203-83212-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Iran ; ; v. 30

Disciplina

327.536

355.0330536

355/.0330536

Soggetti

Military policy

National security - Persian Gulf Region

Europe Military policy

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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