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the blind pursuit of such a 'rational' goal is in fact irrational in a world of competing values and interests

Persian Gulf and the West (RLE Iran D) Depression This book begins with theThis volume provides a broadly comparative and historical re examination of the fundamental strategic dilemmas that confront the Western world in the Persian Gulf region. This systematic study of how the West has defined and dealt with its security interests in this region reveals three central strategic dilemmas: strategy versus capability, globalism versus regionalism, and unilateralism versus collectivism. The first part of the book focuses on US