US Arms Policies Towards the Shah's Iran

ISBN-13: 9780415739214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 194 str.

Stephen McGlinchey

Opis

This text reconstructs and explains the arms relationship that successive US administrations developed with the Shah of Iran between 1950 and 1979. This relationship has generally been neglected in the extant literature leading to a series of omissions and distortions in the historical record. By detailing how and why Iran transitioned from a primitive military aid recipient in the 1950s to America's primary military credit customer in the late 1960s and 1970s, this book provides a detailed and original contribution to the understanding of a key Cold War episode in US foreign policy.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The formative years of the US–Iran arms relationship, 2. A period of renewal: Arming Iran in the Kennedy years, 3. From aid to credit sales: The Lyndon B. Johnson years, 4. Richard Nixon’s revolution in US–Iran arms sales, 5. Continuity in a testing climate: Gerald Ford and Iran, 6. Jimmy Carter and the final phase of US–Iran arms sales, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Stephen Mcglinchey is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West of England, UK