Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-461) and index.
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America and Iran: early entanglements -- Petroleum politics and the American intervention of 1953 -- The politics of reaction and Pahlavi retrenchment, 1954-1961 -- An interlude of reform: John F. Kennedy and Iran, 1961-1963 -- Counterreform, Lyndon Johnson, and Pahlavi retrenchment, 1963-1970 -- Iran, American, and the triumph of repression, 1971-1977 -- America and the Iranian revolution, 1977-1979 -- The Islamic Republic and America: ruptured relations and a venture in rapprochement -- Pahlavism in America: the informal politics of foreign policy-making -- The United States in Iran: diplomats, intelligence agents, and policy making -- The politics of foreign policy failure: a system of reinforcing errors.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Explores the American-Iranian relationship from the 1940s through the Iran-Contra affair.