Navigating Iran
Subtitle: from Carter to Obama
By: Ofira Seliktar
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230337299
Subjects: Foreign relations
Description: This book provides the first full account of America's relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from Jimmy Carter's presidency to Barack Obama's. It discusses all major facets of Iranian policy of interest to the United States: nuclear proliferation, revolutionary export and support for international terrorism, efforts to undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and violations of human rights. It compares developments in Iran to their perception in Washington, providing the clearest picture available yet of the discrepancies between the complex and elusive Iranian reality and its understanding in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the theory and practice of predicting political change; title: The Iran policy of the Carter administration : triggering a revolution and reaping a whirlwind; title: The Carter administration and the uncharted territory of the Islamic republic of Iran; title: The Reagan administration's balancing act : confusion in Washington and Tehran; title: The Bush administration : to contain or not to contain; title: The Clinton administration : containing Iran; title: The Clinton administration and Khatami's Iran : a new era in relations?; title: The Bush administration : back to containment; title: The Bush administration and the failure of containment; title: The Obama administration : the rise and fall of the Iran outreach project; title: Conclusions : reflections on American politics and intelligence in Iran.