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

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This study examines how the Iranian revolution, the war in Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq war and Iraq's invasion of Kuwait affected American security in the Persian Gulf. It shows how regional conflicts in the Middle East made the US better able to protect its own security interests in the area.

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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
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."- American political Science Review
It is primarily in this specific sense that the author has made a significant contribution to the fields of international security, and regional studies.-
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
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.-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
"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.""- American political Science Review
"It is primarily in this specific sense that the author has made a significant contribution to the fields of international security, and regional studies."-
"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."-Choice
"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

Author Bio

STEVE A. YETIV is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Old Dominion University in Virginia and a research affiliate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.