U.S. Military Strategy in the Gulf : Origins and Evolution Under the Carter and Reagan Administrations

ISBN-13: 9780415717489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 204 str.

Amitav Acharya

Opis

First published in 1989, this title explores the nature and dimensions of the US 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.

Spis treści

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