TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yetiv,Steven A.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The absence of grand strategy: the United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005 
AV  - DS63.2.U5 Y48 2008eb
U1  - 327.73053609/045 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Baltimore, MD
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
KW  - Persian Gulf War, 1991
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - 1981-1989
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index; Introduction -- Exploring great powers in regions -- The Nixon administration's twin pillars -- The Reagan administration and the Iran-Iraq War -- The Bush administration and constructive engagement -- The Iraq War of 1991 -- The Clinton administration and Saddam Hussein -- Containment plus and regime change in Iraq -- The Iraq War of 2003 -- The balance sheet, so to speak -- The decline of balance of power policy : theory, strategy and realism -- conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10363175
ER  -