Us Foreign Policy and the Modernization of Iran - Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and the Shah

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Ben Offiler
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137482204
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48220-4
• No. of pages: 237
• Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World; Security, Conflict and Coopera; Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World; Security, Conflict and Coopera
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, History: specific events & topics, military history, Political History, Diplomacy, Asian History, History of the Americas, World Politics, Palgrave History Collection, America—History, United States—History, US History, History of Military, Asia—History