Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
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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Why did Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in 1979? Why did the Carter administration launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? Using interviews with key decision-makers on both sides, this book provides an original analysis of a great foreign policy disaster.
US foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis.
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United States foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Otages américains en Iran, Affaire des, 1979-1981.
Außenpolitik
Buitenlandse politiek.
Diplomatic relations.
Geiselnahme
Gijzelingen.
HISTORY-- General.
Otages américains en Iran, Affaire des (1979-1981)
Politieke besluitvorming.
Relations internationales-- Prise de décision-- Etats-Unis-- 1970-2000.
Iran, Foreign relations, United States.
United States, Foreign relations, 1977-1981, Decision making.
United States, Foreign relations, Iran.
États-Unis, Relations extérieures, 1977-1981, Prise de décision.
États-Unis, Relations extérieures, Iran.
Iran, Relations extérieures, États-Unis.
États-Unis, Politique et gouvernement, 1977-1981.