US Foreign Policy and the Modernization of Iran

Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and the Shah

Ben Offiler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

227 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-48220-4 (ISBN)

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US Foreign Policy and the Modernization of Iran examines the evolution of US-Iranian relations during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. It demonstrates how successive administrations struggled to exert influence over the Shah of Iran's regime domestic and foreign policy.

Ben Offiler has taught American History and Foreign Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK and the University of Sheffield, UK. His research was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Introduction
1. Modernization Theory and the United States Meet Iran
2. The Kennedy Administration, Internal Disputes, and Modernization
3. JFK, the ' 'Massage Problem, ' ' Modernization, and Missed Opportunities
4. Lyndon Johnson, the Shah, and Iranian Opposition
5. ' 'Papa Knows Best ' ': Resisting American Influence ' '
6. British Withdrawal, the End of AID, and the Six Day War
7. Richard Nixon, the Shah, and Continuity
Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.7.2015
Reihe/Serie	Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Zusatzinfo	X, 227 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-48220-6 / 1137482206
ISBN-13	978-1-137-48220-4 / 9781137482204
Zustand	Neuware