LEADER 04947nam 22007815 450 001 9910255309703321 005 20200629221210.0 010 $a1-137-59873-5 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137598738 035 $a(CKB)3710000000636120 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001646837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16418115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14810217 035 $a(PQKB)10179731 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59873-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716384 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000636120 100 $a20160311d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Carter Administration and the Fall of Iran?s Pahlavi Dynasty$b[electronic resource] $eUS-Iran Relations on the Brink of the 1979 Revolution /$fby Javier Gil Guerrero 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XXVII, 264 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-88805-2 311 $a1-137-59871-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBetween idealism and realism: Carter's foreign policy -- A failed atatu?rk: the shah and Iran in 1977 -- Human rights and arms exports -- Weeping and toasting -- Khomeini's shadow -- The match and the wood: the road to revolution -- The revolution -- Losing the initiative: the paralysis in Washington and Tehran -- Thinking the unthinkable -- End of an era: the triumph of the revolution. 330 $aDuring the first two years of Carter's presidency, Iran entered a spiral of violence and unrest that ended with the exile of the Shah and the establishment of an Islamic Republic. The Iranian revolution was first neglected by American diplomats and intelligence officials. When Carter finally became aware of the extent of the disturbances in Iran, he refused to explicitly back the iron fist policy sought by the Shah. The Iranian monarch was unwilling to decisively tackle the protests without Carter's blessing and thus he proceeded with a failed policy that mixed concessions with repression, which only served to postpone the inevitable. This book looks at recent declassified documents from several archival resources that provide an unprecedented picture of the Carter administration's uneasiness regarding the Shah's Iran. Gil Guerrero analyzes the disputes between Washington and Tehran concerning human rights and arms exports, the divisions inside the White House, and the Shah's uncertainty regarding Carter's support. The sources gathered all point to a late process of political liberalization encouraged by American officials that only served to weaken the Shah's authority while emboldening the opposition, in the words of Ayatollah Khomeini, to 'seize the moment." They offer an unprecedented picture of the forces that enabled Khomeini's triumph, altered America's perception of Islam, and fundamentally changed the United States' relationship with Iran. 606 $aMiddle East?Politics and government 606 $aMiddle East?History 606 $aIslam 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aUnited States?History 606 $aPolitical theory 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911160 606 $aHistory of the Middle East$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715060 606 $aIslam$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A5000 606 $aInternational Relations$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000 606 $aUS History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/718010 606 $aPolitical Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911010 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIran 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1977-1981 607 $aIran$xHistory$yRevolution, 1979 615 0$aMiddle East?Politics and government. 615 0$aMiddle East?History. 615 0$aIslam. 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aUnited States?History. 615 0$aPolitical theory. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 615 24$aHistory of the Middle East. 615 24$aIslam. 615 24$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aPolitical Theory. 676 $a327.7305509/04 700 $aGil Guerrero$b Javier$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058471 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255309703321 996 $aThe Carter Administration and the Fall of Iran?s Pahlavi Dynasty$92500219 997 $aUNINA