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1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Predicting Political Change in Iran: A History of Failure * The Carter Administration Iran's Policy: Sowing a Revolution and Reaping a Whirlwind * The Carter Administration and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Navigating the Uncharted Territory of Islamist Foreign Policy * The Reagan Administration's Balancing Act:€ Confusion in Washington and Tehran * The Bush 41 Administration: To Contain or not to Contain * The Clinton Administration: The Politics of Reluctant Containment * The Clinton Administration and Khatami's Iran: A New Era in Relations? * The Bush 43 Administration's "Axis of Evil":€ Back to Containment * The Bush Administration and Ahmadinejad's Iran: The Limits of Containment * The Obama Administration: The Rise and Fall of the Iran Outreach Project * Reflections on American Politics and Intelligence in Iran: A Guide for the Perplexed * Conclusion: Looking to Learn the Lessons of Failure |
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Introduction: the theory and practice of predicting political change -- The Iran policy of the Carter administration: triggering a revolution and reaping a whirlwind -- The Carter administration and the uncharted territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- The Reagan administration's balancing act: confusion in Washington and Tehran -- The Bush administration: to contain or not to contain -- The Clinton administration: containing Iran -- The Clinton administration and Khatami's Iran: a new era in relations? -- The George W. Bush administration: back to containment -- The George W. Bush administration and the failure of containment -- The Obama administration : the rise and fall of the Iran outreach project -- Conclusions: reflections on American politics and intelligence in Iran |
| Summary |
The book provides a full account of the politics and intelligence of American relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Carter presidency to the Obama administration. It accounts for all major facets of Iranian policy of interest to the United States; nuclear proliferation, revolutionary export and support for international terrorism, efforts to undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and violation of human rights. It uses contemporaneous comparisons between developments in Iran and how they have been perceived in Washington, providing the clearest picture available yet of the discrepancies between the complex and elusive Iranian reality and its understanding in the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-216) and index |
| Subject |
International relations -- USA -- Iran.
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Regional government policies -- USA -- Iran.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Politics and Government.
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140112
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Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067894
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Iran
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137010889 |
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1137010886 |
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9781280680694 |
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1280680695 |
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