First published in 1989, this title explores the nature and
dimensions of the U.S. 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. It describes the
formation of the U.S. Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force and the
U.S. Central Command, their force structure and the network of U.S.
bases and facilities in the region. The role of pro-Western
countries in the wider region, in particular Pakistan, Egypt,
Jordan, and Israel, in the formulation of strategy is discussed in
detail, along with a more general assessment of the achievements
and failures of U.S. strategy in the Gulf towards the end of the
1980s. In light of the persistent struggle for peace within the
Middle East, this is a timely reissue, which will be of great
interest to students researching U.S. military strategy over the
past thirty years.
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