Reviews
It should be required reading for all graduate students contemplating a doctoral thesis in international relations theory.
Theoretically guided but not heavily theoretical, Yetiv's book is well conceived and clearly presented... Highly recommended.
This book makes an original contribution and is a welcome relief from much of the polemical writing on the subject of American foreign policy. The scholarship is excellent. It will be essential reading for those in securities studies and international relations.
Book Details
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction: No Grand Strategy
1. Exploring Great Powers in Regions
2. The Nixon Administration's Twin Pillars
3. The Reagan Administration and the Iran-Iraq War
4. The Bush
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction: No Grand Strategy
1. Exploring Great Powers in Regions
2. The Nixon Administration's Twin Pillars
3. The Reagan Administration and the Iran-Iraq War
4. The Bush Administration and Constructive Engagement
5. The Iraq War of 1991
6. The Clinton Administration and Saddam Hussein
7. Containment-Plus and Regime Change in Iraq
8. The Iraq War of 2003
9. The Decline of Balance-of-Power Policy
10. The Balance Sheet, So to Speak
11. Theory, Strategy, and Realism
Conclusion: Reactive Engagment
Appendix: Core Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index