US foreign policy and the modernization of Iran : Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and the Shah /
The relationship between the United States and Iran has long been burdened by missed opportunities and misunderstandings. Even during the Cold War at the height of the alliance between America and the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richar...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Series: | Security, conflict and cooperation in the contemporary world.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Modernization Theory and the United States Meets Iran
- The Kennedy Administration, Internal Disputes, and Modernization
- JFK, the 'Massage Problem,' Modernization, and Missed Opportunities
- Lyndon Johnson, the Shah, and Iranian Opposition
- 'Papa Knows Best': Resisting American Influence
- British Withdrawal, the End of AID, and the Six Day War
- Richard Nixon, the Shah, and Continuity
- Conclusion.