LEADER 01923nam 2200433 450 001 9910793032703321 005 20180724093247.0 010 $a1-4985-7697-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000006096223 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5495549 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006096223 100 $a20190228d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Iranian crisis and the birth of the Cold War $ethe bridge to victory /$fBenjamin F. Harper 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (145 pages) 311 $a1-4985-7696-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSetting the stage -- The saber and the star: the US presence in Iran, 1942-46 -- Iranian plurality and the reemergence of Ahmad Qava?m -- Crisis ensues : atomic diplomacy and Qava?m's Cold War -- A new world order : the Iranian crisis and the legitimacy of the United Nations -- Conclusion : on statesmanship and power. 330 $aThis study examines the Iranian crisis of 1946 and its role in shaping the dynamics of the Cold War. The author uses the encounter as a case study to analyze how the United States used its atomic monopoly to achieve its international objectives in the early postwar era. 606 $aCold War 607 $aIran$xHistory$yMohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$y1941-1979 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIran 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a955.053 700 $aHarper$b Benjamin F.$01471542 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793032703321 996 $aThe Iranian crisis and the birth of the Cold War$93683853 997 $aUNINA