Great powers and regional orders the United States and the Persian Gulf /

• Other Authors: Kaim, Markus, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
• Series: US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world series.
• Subjects: International relations.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; Persian Gulf Region > Foreign relations > United States.; United States > Foreign relations > Persian Gulf Region.; Electronic books.
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This book explores the manifestations of US power in the Persian Gulf and the limits of American influence. Well organized and logically structured, Markus Kaim and contributors have produced a new and unique contribution to the field that is applicable not only to US policy in the Persian Gulf but...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1 U.S. Policy and the Regional Order of the Persian Gulf: The Analytical Framework; 2 U.S. Strategy towards the Persian Gulf: From Rogue States to Failed States; 3 Charting U.S. Security Strategy in the Persian Gulf; 4 United States Oil Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf; 5 U.S. Democracy Promotion in the Persian Gulf; 6 The Domestic Politics of U.S. Policy towards the Persian Gulf; 7 Has Public Diplomacy Failed? The U.S. Media Strategy towards the Middle East and the Regional Perception of U.S. Foreign Policy.