Politics of Confrontation The Foreign Policy of the USA and Revolutionary Iran

ISBN-13: 9781848859647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 328 str.

Babak Ganji

Opis

Provocation is the key theme in the antagonistic relationship between the US and post-revolution Iran. The two nations are the source of a growing tension felt around the globe. Politics of Confrontation is a penetrating critique of international relations theory within the historical framework of US-Iranian relations from the early reign of the Shah to the revolution under the Ayatollah Khomeini, with particular emphasis on the final years during the Carter administration. This thorough examination provides the first in-depth look at US documents seized from the American Embassy by revolutionary students during the infamous hostage crisis. Babak Ganji's findings are an essential addition to the discourse of foreign policy theorists as well as being invaluable for historians of the US, Iran, and the Cold War.

Spis treści

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 ancient 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 Index