US Foreign Policy And The Persian Gulf: Safeguarding American Interests Through Selective Multilateralism (U.S. Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)

"Robert J. Pauly, Jr. examines the history of US foreign policy toward the Greater Middle East in general and focuses specifically on the fundamental economic, military and political causes of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf crisis. He investigates to what extent these causes were internal and external in origin, looks at the principal actors in the crisis, and determines whether and how these actors have continued to drive unfolding events in the Persian Gulf ever since." "The volume explores in detail the role of American leaders since 1989, including how far the US should collaborate with Europe to pursue both American and collective Western economic, military and political interests in the Gulf. It also considers the prospects for the future of American-led nation-building operations in Iraq and the outlook for the eventual liberal democratization of the Greater Middle East."--Jacket. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Dedication Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The United States and the Persian Gulf: A Historical Overview Chapter 3 George H.W. Bush Administration and the Persian Gulf, 1989-1993 Chapter 4 William J. Clinton Administration and the Persian Gulf, 1993-2001 Chapter 5 George W. Bush Administration and the Persian Gulf, 2001-2004 Chapter 6 Safeguarding US Interests in the Persian Gulf: Policy Prescriptions for the Future Chapter 7 Conclusions Bibliography Index Examining fundamental economic, military and political causes of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf crisis, Robert J. Pauly, Jr investigates to what extent these causes were internal and external in origin. He looks at the principal actors in the crisis and determines whether and how they have continued to drive unfolding events in the Persian Gulf ever since. In June 2004, President George W. Bush used his commencement address to the graduating class of the US Air Force Academy to articulate a long-term strategy designed to reduce the threats posed to American interests by transnational terrorist organizations and their sponsors.