Politics of Confrontation
The Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary Iran
- 328 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Did the United States know more than it acknowledges about growing unrest under the Shah in mid-1970s Iran? Have historians of American-Iranian relations focused too narrowly on prevailing historical theory and personal recollection? In a period of escalating tension between the United States and Iran, what can the two nations' history of conflict tell us about their diplomatic future? Covering Carter's policy from the end of the Shah's reign to the revolution under Ayatollah Khomeini, Babak Ganji explores the nature of their perpetually antagonistic relations and the mistrust and misunderstanding that fuels it. Politics of Confrontation is a penetrating critique of international relations theory within the historical framework of US-Iranian relations, as well as a thorough examination of American policy towards Iran. It is the first in-depth look at documents seized by revolutionary students from the American Embassy during the infamous hostage crisis, and debunks the myth that US officials were unaware of the nature of opposition to the Shah or of Soviet influence on senior clerics. These findings are an essential addition to the discourse of foreign policy theorists and invaluable for historians of the US, Iran and the Cold War.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. US Policy towards Iran
- 2. The Carter Administration's Regional Strategy and Policy towards Iran
- 3. The development of religious opposition to the Shah
- 4. The formation of the Tripoli Bloc and the radical challenge to the regional order
- 5. Revolutionary crisis in Iran
- 6. Policy currents and the Iranian revolution
- 7. The intensification of the revolutionary crisis
- 8. US policy during the collapse of the ancien regime and the victory of the revolution
- 9. The regional impact of the Iranian revolution
- 10. The Carter administration's modus vivendi with the revolutionary regime
- 11. US strategies and the Iranian hostage crisis
- 12. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the hostage crisis
- 13. The Failure of the hostage rescue mission and the continuation of the negotiations
- 14. Iran-Iraq war and developments in the hostage crisis
- 15. Post-election shift of US strategy in Iran and the region
- 16. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Untitled
- Index