The Bush Administration''s Management of the Persian Gulf Crisis

• Main Authors: Hsu Ruey-shyang, 許瑞翔
• Other Authors: Lin Yu-fang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1994
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66496469425035083124

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所 === 82 === Robert McNamara has indicated immediately after the Cuba Missile Crisis in 1962 that "Today ther is no longer any such thing as strategy; there is only crisis management." The strategy of crisis management is to minimize costs and maximize benefits and even achieve permanent peace. This thesis discusses how the Bush Administration successful managed the Persian Gulf Crisis. Besides the introduction, there are five chapters in this thesis: 1.The theory of crisis management. 2.The reasons for the Bush Administration''s intervention in the Gulf Crisis. 3.How America used crisis management strategy in the Gulf Crisis: the use of carrots. 4.How America used crisis management strategy in the Gulf Crisis: the use of sticks. 5.Conclusion. Five lessons have been drawn from this study: 1.Employ a carrot and stick strategy with flexibility. 2.Never cut off channels of communications. 3.Crisis prevention is better than crisis resolution. 4.There should be a balance between means and ends. 5.In managing crisis, a small state should seek external support to deal with the other side.