Security in the Persian Gulf
Subtitle: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus
Contributors: Lawrence G. Potter (Editor); Gary G. Sick (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave
Published: January 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312239503
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; Diplomacy; Political Science; History - Military / War; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; History & Theory - General; Middle East - General; Military - General; Political Science / International Relations; International Relations - General; Military policy; National security; Persian Gulf Region
First sentence: More than a century ago, Bismarck declared, "In international affairs, there are three wasps' nests besides the Balkans: Morocco and the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, and the American Monroe Doctrine; God grant that we may never fall into one of them."