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Routledge
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Routledge
269 Pages
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Routledge
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First Published in 1990. Viewed from the perspective of Whitehall, Persia was a crossroads where Britain’s European and Indian interests met. Control of Persia by any European power was bound to jeopardize the security of British India. At first London and India hesitantly experimented with the policy of bringing Persia into the British sphere of influence either by contracting an alliance with... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I: COERCIVE DIPLOMACY, 1. Finance: The Power of the Purse, 2. Force: “The Diplomacy of Violence”, PART II: PERCEPTION OF THREAT, 3. Soviet Landing at Enzeli, 4. Persian Communists, 5. Zero-Sum Game?, PART III: IMPERIAL ACCORD, 6. Anglo-American Partnership, PART IV: BUFFER-STATE POLICY, 7. Britain’s Reaction to Reza Khan’s Ascendancy, 8. Reza Khan’s Rise to Supreme Power, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Houshang Sabahi
