204 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book reconstructs and explains the arms relationship that successive U.S. administrations developed with the Shah of Iran between 1950 and 1979. This relationship has generally been neglected in the extant literature leading to a series of omissions and distortions in the historical record. By detailing how and why Iran transitioned from a primitive military aid recipient in the 1950s to... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The formative years of the US–Iran arms relationship, 2. A period of renewal: Arming Iran in the Kennedy years, 3. From aid to credit sales: The Lyndon B. Johnson years, 4. Richard Nixon’s revolution in US–Iran arms sales, 5. Continuity in a testing climate: Gerald Ford and Iran, 6. Jimmy Carter and the final phase of US–Iran arms sales, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Stephen Mcglinchey is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West of England, UK
"McGlinchey's slender volume is admirably comprehensive in its treatment of U.S. arms policies towards Iran...U.S. Arms Policies Towards the Shah's Iran
provides readers with a valuable guide to understanding this critical aspect of a complex Cold War relationship." - Taylor Fain, University of North Carolina, E-International Relations
