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MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005
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The Middle East Journal
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July 1, 2008
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The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005, by Steve A. Yetiv. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. xi + 197 pages. Notes to p. 229. Bibl. to p. 244. Index to p. 250. $55 cloth; $25 paper.
Reviewed by David E. Long
The thesis of this book, explicitly expressed in its title, is that there was an absence of grand strategy in US foreign policy toward the Gulf during the years 1972-2005. The author defines grand strategy in some detail in the introductory chapter. He begins with the premise that when international relations theory transcends merely explaining the outcomes of interaction among states and voices, a normative judgment of how ...