LEADER 03594nam 22006972 450 001 9910782907903321 005 20151005020620.0 010 $a1-107-12261-9 010 $a1-280-43037-0 010 $a0-511-17362-8 010 $a0-511-04142-X 010 $a0-511-15276-0 010 $a0-511-32768-4 010 $a0-511-49139-5 010 $a0-511-04756-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000008154 035 $a(EBL)201802 035 $a(OCoLC)559155740 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265931 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200815 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265931 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10300515 035 $a(PQKB)10489893 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511491399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201802 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201802 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063473 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL43037 035 $a(OCoLC)56317528 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000008154 100 $a20090302d2001|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUS foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis /$fDavid Patrick Houghton$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in international relations ;$v75 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-80509-0 311 $a0-521-80116-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index. 327 $aJimmy 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. 330 $aWhy did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would be over quickly? Why did the Carter administration then decide to launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis examines these puzzles and others, using an analogical reasoning approach to decision-making, a theoretical perspective which highlights the role played by historical analogies in the genesis of foreign policy decisions. Using interviews with key decision-makers on both sides, Houghton provides an analysis of one of the United States' greatest foreign policy disasters, the events of which continue to poison relations between the two states. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of foreign policy analysis and international relations. 410 0$aCambridge studies in international relations ;$v75. 517 3 $aUS Foreign Policy & the Iran Hostage Crisis 606 $aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1977-1981$xDecision making 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIran 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. 676 $a955.05/42 700 $aHoughton$b David Patrick$01531657 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782907903321 996 $aUS foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis$93777523 997 $aUNINA