Revolutionary Iran and the United States

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In this volume the authors frame the conflicted relationship between Iran and the United States as a low intensity conflict and explore how diplomatic, military, and economic weapons are employed to bolster each nation's strategic and tactical advantage. It is a unique and major contribution to the scholarly and policy debate on American foreign and economic policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Low-Intensity Conflict and Fourth Generation Warfare; Chapter 2 Early Contacts; Chapter 3 End of Qajar and the beginning of Pahlavi Dynasty (1914-1925); Chapter 4 The Beginning of American Influence; Chapter 5 Economic Relations between the United States and Iran; Chapter 6 The 1979 Revolution and the Beginning of the Conflict with the United States; Chapter 7 Low-Level Military Confrontation in the Persian Gulf; Chapter 8 The Future of the Relationship;