America and the Persian Gulf The Third Party Dimension in World Politics

Subjects:

• Political Science » International Relations
• Multicultural Studies » Middle East Studies

Reviews:

• The research is thorough, footnotes extensive, analyses complete, and the presentation made in a manner that will be appreciated by graduate students and understood by undergraduates in Middle East political dynamics, US history, and foreign policy, and by general readers.
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  Choice
• An original and unique analysis of the United States' position in the region....America and the Persian Gulf is thus an important study that should be read by all scholars of international relations and Middle Eastern politics.
  —Digest of Middle East Studies
• It is primarily in this specific sense that the author has made a significant contribution to the fields of international security, and regional studies.
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• Graduate students should explore Yetiv's questions. Any policymaker living unipolarly or locked in a dydadic worldview should reflect on the advantages of being a responsible "third party."
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  American political Science Review
• One of the reason this book has special appeal is that it combines major theoretical perspectives with a full empirical study of the Persian Gulf. The author's research is well documented and includes extensive use of offical government documents, as well as secondary source material. Reader will find this bokk a valuable contribution to the literatures on U.S. Forigen policy, strategic, interaction in the Persian gulf, and international relations theory.
  —Perspectives on Political Science

Table of Contents:

• Conflict and Consequence in World Politics
• Statecraft, History, and the Third Party
• America and the Iranian Revolution
• Moscow Plays into America's Hands
• The Chain of History: Linking Regional Wars
• The Middle East After the Storm
• Missed Opportunities
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index