num_pages: 306
description: The collapse of the Iranian monarchy in 1979 inaugurated a dangerous new era in the Middle East and dealt a severe blow to the prestige and confidence of the United States. During the final days of the Shah's regime, Western observers were puzzled both by his apparent loss of nerve and by the failure of his powerful armed forces to take the initiative and uphold his rule. The President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, decided to send an envoy to report on the strategic situation and, if necessary, to advise and assist his Iranian ally's Chiefs of Staff. That envoy was General Robert E. Huyser, then serving as Deputy Commander-In-Chief of the US European Command under General Alexander M. Haig Jr. The Huyser mission provoked an immediate and continuing controversy. This is General Huyser's detailed story of his activities in Iran. It is an account of of the breakdown of the policy-making process both in the US and Iran, and a close up view of the Shah's generals, and the author's fight to sustain their morale and effectiveness under the fierce pressure of a gathering revolution. It is a unique portrait, drawn from the viewpoint at the center of events, of a disintegrating nation, and an invaluable glimpse of the harsh high level where the demands of diplomacy and strategy are hammered out.
language: English
title: Mission to Tehran
titlecomplete: Mission to Tehran
genres: History
ratings_count: 58
publisher: Bookthrift Co