Roham Alvandi

Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War

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ISBN 13:: 9780199375691
author:: Roham Alvandi
format:: HardBack
publisher:: OUP USA
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2014
Pages:: 272
Dimensions:: 23.4 x 2.8 x 16 cm
Genre:: History, Countries & Regions, Asia
Condition:: New
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: A Reevaluation of US-Iran Relations during the Cold War. This groundbreaking study offers a fresh perspective on the complex partnership between Iran's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and US leaders Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Based on extensive research in British and US archives, as well as Persian-language diaries and oral histories, Alvandi sheds new light on the agency of the shah as an international actor. The book examines three pivotal episodes in the Nixon-Kissinger-Pahlavi partnership: the emergence of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf, the covert war against Iraq in Kurdistan, and the failed negotiations over US nuclear exports to Iran. By exploring these events, Alvandi maps the rise and fall of Iran's Cold War partnership with the United States during a decade marked by superpower détente, Vietnam, and Watergate. Through this nuanced analysis, Alvandi restores balance to our understanding of the shah's relationship with the US, challenging prevailing narratives about American influence in Iran.

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