The Clouded Lens: Persian Gulf Security and U.S. PolicyHoover Press, 1979 - 144 pages Noyes var Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern, African and South Asian Affairs fra 1970 til 1976. Forord af William J. Porter, tidligere Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs og tidligere ambassadør i Saudi Arabien og Algeriet. |
Contents
What To Ask From History | 1 |
ArabPersian Relations | 3 |
The Wests Forcible Entry | 4 |
Rule from the Sea Expands to Arms Control | 6 |
British Military Rule Flourishes and Passes | 8 |
Weapons Monopolies Fade | 9 |
Kuwait and Aden | 10 |
Changing Ideologies and Power | 13 |
US Policy in the Gulf Supporting US Interests | 54 |
US Imperial Presence or a Strengthened Gulf | 55 |
Military Instruments of Foreign Policy | 57 |
Debates on US Gulf Policy | 61 |
Arms Sales Lead Policy | 65 |
US Policy Promotes Competition Not Cooperation | 68 |
The Policy Is Unworkable in the Volatile and Unstable Gulf | 71 |
Gulf Arms Sales Threaten the Delicate Military Balance in the Middle East | 75 |
The View from the West | 14 |
Reality Versus Prediction | 17 |
Buraimi Oases | 18 |
Iran and Iraq | 19 |
The Dhofar Rebellion | 21 |
Why the Clouded Lens | 24 |
British Rule Misread | 26 |
The Paradox of PostWithdrawal Security | 27 |
Evolving Security Concepts | 30 |
Iran | 32 |
Saudi Arabia | 36 |
The Smaller Gulf States | 40 |
A Special Gulf Role | 43 |
US Interests in the Gulf | 45 |
Public Confusion on Energy | 47 |
Impact of the Soviet Equation | 48 |
Soviet Pressures | 51 |
Arms Should Not Be Sold to Countries Unable to Absorb Them | 82 |
American Military Advisors Become Hostages and Risk US Military Involvement | 87 |
The US Should Prepare to Seize Gulf Oil Not Develop the Strength of Gulf Forces | 91 |
Sophisticated Weapons in the Gulf Increase the Risk of War and Are Militarily Pointless | 97 |
US Military Support Contributes to Political Suppression | 102 |
The World Energy Crisis Is Fictional | 106 |
Imperial Collapse Soviet Expansion and War | 112 |
Balancing the Perspective | 118 |
New Implications for US Security Policy | 120 |
US Response and New Debates | 125 |
Purposes of US Military Presence | 133 |
Conclusion | 136 |
Principal Characteristics of Major Weapons Systems | 139 |
Notes | 145 |
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