Great powers and grand strategies. It is easy to assume that the
most powerful nations pursue and employ consistent, cohesive, and
decisive policies in trying to promote their interests in regions
of the world. Popular theory emphasizes two such grand strategies
that great powers may pursue: balance of power policy or hegemonic
domination. But, as Steve A. Yetiv contends, things may not always
be that cut and dried.
Analyzing the evolution of the United States' foreign policy in
the Persian Gulf from 1972 to 2005, Yetiv offers a provocative and
panoramic view of American strategies in a region critical to the
functioning of the entire global economy. Ten cases -- from the
policies of the Nixon administration to George W. Bush's war in
Iraq -- reveal shifting, improvised, and reactive policies that
were responses to unanticipated and unpredictable events and
threats. In fact, the distinguishing feature of the U.S. experience
in the Gulf has been the absence of grand strategy.
Yetiv introduces the concept of "reactive engagement" as an
alternative approach to understanding the behavior of great powers
in unstable regions. At a time when the effects of U.S. foreign
policy are rippling across the globe, The Absence of Grand Strategy
offers key insight into the nature and evolution of American
foreign policy in the Gulf.
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