The Persian Gulf and the West: The Dilemmas of Security
- ISBN-10
- 0415570336
- ISBN-13
- 9780415570336
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Charles Kupchan
Description
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 ...
