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The Iranian crisis and the birth of the Cold War : the bridge to victory / Benjamin F. Harper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harper, Benjamin F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- Iran--History--Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
- Iran.
- Iran--Foreign relations--1941-1979.
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- This study examines the Iranian crisis of 1946 and its role in shaping the dynamics of the Cold War. The author uses the encounter as a case study to analyze how the United States used its atomic monopoly to achieve its international objectives in the early postwar era.
- Contents:
- Setting the stage
- The saber and the star: the US presence in Iran, 1942-46
- Iranian plurality and the reemergence of Ahmad Qavām
- Crisis ensues : atomic diplomacy and Qavām's Cold War
- A new world order : the Iranian crisis and the legitimacy of the United Nations
- Conclusion : on statesmanship and power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-7697-4
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