The US-Iran relationship : the impact of political identity on foreign policy / Penelope Kinch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinch, Penelope, author.

Series:

Library of international relations (Series) ; 74.

Library of international relations ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Iran.

United States.

International relations.

Iran.

Iran--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

United States / Foreign relations / Iran.

Iran / Foreign relations / United States.

Local Subjects:

United States / Foreign relations / Iran.

Iran / Foreign relations / United States.

Physical Description:

281 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

Since the Revolution of 1978-9, which eventually brought to power Ayatollah Khomeini and his circle of conservative, though politically active, clerics, the relationship between Iran and the US has represented one of the world's most complex and hostile international entanglements. In this book, Penelope Kinch analyses the extent to which political identity has contributed to challenges in the relationship and the role of myths in foreign policy. Kinch first examines the construction of political identity in each country, and thereby traces the imagined norms which have their impact on international behaviour. Looking at the misperceptions that have precluded closer communication between the two states, Kinch examines both historical issues, such as the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis as well as more contemporary crises, most notably over Iran's nuclear power programme. By farming the barriers to rapproachement within the constructs of the political identity of the US and Iran, this book proposes a new understanding of this vital international relationship. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Identity and Myth 10

2 Iranian Political Identity 25

3 American Political Identity 74

4 Myths and Foreign Policy Challenges 112

5 Foreign Policy Challenge: Iran's Nuclear Programme 137

6 Intersection of Interest and Identity in Regional Issues 159

7 Communication and Prospects for Change 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-268) and index.

ISBN:

9781784532543

1784532541

OCLC:

956969738