Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-345) and index.
Alliances, American foreign policy, and international relations theory -- The United States and Iran: the forging of an alliance -- The United States and Iran: the establishment and implications of the New Persian empire -- The origins of the American-Israeli alliance, 1948-1960 -- The significance of the American-Israel alliance, 1960-1992 -- The origins of the American-Saudi alliance -- The strategic implications of the American-Saudi alliance