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UNINA9910782907903321 |
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Autore |
Houghton David Patrick |
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Titolo |
US foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis / / David Patrick Houghton [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
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1-107-12261-9 |
1-280-43037-0 |
0-511-17362-8 |
0-511-04142-X |
0-511-15276-0 |
0-511-32768-4 |
0-511-49139-5 |
0-511-04756-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in international relations ; ; 75 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 Decision making |
United States Foreign relations Iran |
Iran Foreign relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Jimmy Carter and the tragedy of foreign policy -- Locating the argument: review of the existing literature -- The origins of the crisis -- The waiting game -- Days of decision: the hostage rescue mission -- Hostages to history -- Some alternative explanations: non-analogical accounts of the Iran decision-making -- Dramatis Personae -- The major historical analogies used. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would be over quickly? Why did the Carter administration then decide to launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis examines these puzzles and others, using an |
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