American Persian Gulf policy after the Gulf War
By: by Daniel F. Redmond
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Description: American policy in the Persian Gulf since the end of the Gulf war has dangerously overemphasized military instruments to protect United States interests in the region. This military focus suggests that threats to American interests are external and visible. At the same time it neglects the challenges posed to U.S. interests by internal political upheaval in the pro-American regimes of the Gulf Cooperation Council and ignores the societal disruptions associated with modernizing societies. Despite their considerable oil wealth, these polities will be increasingly vulnerable to instability if the regimes in power continue their monopoly on political power. Moreover, the highly visible and active presence of American armed forces in the Gulf today intensifies the perception of the U.S. as an imperial super power and unknowingly threatens to undermine the stability of the GCC states by providing opposition groups with a powerful symbol with which to challenge the political status quo....Persian Gulf War, U.S. Persian Gulf Policy, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Political Development in Arabian Peninsula, Modernization in Arabian Peninsula.
Notes: Thesis advisor: Ralph H. Magnus.

ADA261816.

"December 1992"

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118.

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