Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963?
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Michael J. Willcocks
نام ساير پديدآوران
Behar, Moshe
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2016
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
273
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=9781073945146
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
امتياز متن
2016
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The White Revolution was a set of six reform measures put to the Iranian people via referendum on 6 Bahman 1341 (26 January 1963), based on a plan for social justice linked with economic development, encased in the concept of a bloodless revolution from the top. This did not happen unexpectedly; it was the culmination of events spanning several years, which accelerated during the John F. Kennedy Presidency. Various plans and reforms paved the way for the White Revolution and certain events as well as political and economic developments encouraged reform. There were similarities between plans and some reforms influenced others, or were shaped to suit different agendas. All played a part in instigating the White Revolution. This included Prime Minister ʻAli Amini's 15-point plan, the Shah's Royal Farman, the Third Development Plan, and the six-points of the White Revolution itself. The question this thesis seeks to answer is to what extent the Kennedy administration was responsible for instigating the White Revolution by influencing the various steps that paved the way for the 6 Bahman referendum?The United States had at its disposal various means by which it might apply pressure and influence development. This included, economic aid, military assistance, numerous advisers, agencies on the ground, plus support for the Shah and other Iranians. Given the Kennedy administration's association with modernisation and development, the existing historiography has portrayed this period in US-Iranian relations as one of increased pressure on the Shah to reform with the White Revolution being the result of such pressure. This thesis makes an original contribution to knowledge by challenging this portrayal by providing the first detailed, analysis of the period 1961-63, utilising a vast array of newly released documents. This is not the first study to conclude agency on the part of Iran for the White Revolution, but is the first to do so though a detailed, balanced approach, which doesn't ignore the significance of the US-Iranian relationship. Thus, this thesis is at the forefront of revisionist accounts of US-Iranian relations during the Cold War critiquing the portrayal of the Shah and others as mere tools of the US and reaching the conclusion that contrary to widely held beliefs it was Iranians rather than Americans who instigated the White Revolution by initiating and directing reform.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Middle Eastern history
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اصطلاح موضوعی
(UMI)AAI10123047;Social sciences
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