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050 00 $aDS63.2.U5$bL38 1984
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100 1 $aLawrence, Robert G.
245 10 $aUS policy in southwest Asia :$ba failure in perspective /$cby Robert G. Lawrence.
246 3 $aU.S. policy in southwest Asia.
260 0 $aFort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. :$bNational Defense University Press :$bFor sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,$c1984.
300 $axv, 65 p. :$b1 map ;$c21 cm.
440 0 $aNational security essay series ;$v84-1
500 $aS/N 008-020-00998-9
500 $aItem 378-H-5
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aOver-reliance upon military action as the predominant instrument of US foreign policy in Southwest Asia is the danger against which this essay; warns. Colonel Robert G. Lawrence, is less troubled by questions of US military strength than by policymakers' insensitivity to the historical, religious, and regional dynamics of Southwest Asia in general and the Persian Gulf states in particular. Security assistance, although important, has been mistakenly considered the essential element of US policy when it should complement, not constitute US diplomacy. Too long, we have failed to understand the Arab view of the world in which they live. Our policymakers have slighted the complexity and the diversity of Arab religions, politics, and history-forces which inform and direct Arab actions. Colonel Lawrence directly addresses the tough questions, such as US support of Israel, widely inconsistent policies for foreign military sales, US failure in Iran, and US inaction during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Interviewing over fifty prominent Arab government officials, military leaders, diplomats, scholars, and businessmen, Colonel Lawrence brings immediacy and insight to this frank, somewhat controversial study of Southwest Asia.
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651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East.
651 0 $aAfrica, Northeast$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zAfrica, Northeast.
710 2 $aNational Defense University.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLawrence, Robert G.$tUS policy in southwest Asia.$dFort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1984$w(OCoLC)551485059
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