Title: "Dual containment" policy in the Persian Gulf : the USA, Iran, and Iraq, 1991-2000 /
Authors: Edwards, Alex,
Year: 2014
Subjects: United States Foreign relations Iran.; Iran Foreign relations United States.; United States Foreign relations Iraq.; Iraq Foreign relations United States.; United States Foreign relations; United States Foreign relations; Persian Gulf History
Contents: Introduction -- US foreign policy in the Persian Gulf, 1945-1991 -- The balance of power in the Persian Gulf, 1945-1991 -- Dual containment: conception, evolution, implementation -- A triumphant America and a villainous Iran: perception as an intervening variable -- Two voices: domestic institutions as an intervening variable -- 'Mischiefs of faction': interest groups as an intervening variable -- Conclusions and intervening variables assessed.