At the dawn of the Cold War
Subtitle: the Soviet-American crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946
By: Jamil Hasanli.
Series: The Harvard Cold War studies book series
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780742540552
Subjects: Azerbaijan (Iran) -- History; Azerbaijan -- History -- 1917-1991; Iran -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Iran; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran; Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States; Iran -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Penetration of the Soviet troops into Iran and strengthening of the Soviet position in Iranian Azerbaijan; title: 2. The intensification of Soviet policy in Iranian Azerbaijan; title: 3. The struggle for oil and the government crisis in Tehran; title: 4. End of war in Europe: decisions of Moscow and Iranian Azerbaijan; title: 5. Creation of the Democratic Party and the idea of autonomy; title: 6. Decision of the Popular Congress of Azerbaijan; title: 7. Establishment of the National Government of Iranian Azerbaijan; title: 8. The situation in Iranian Azerbaijan and the Moscow meeting of foreign ministers; title: 9. National government of Iranian Azerbaijan: between autonomy and independence; title: 10. January 1946: beginning of reforms in Tabriz; title: 11. February 1946: Qavam as-Saltanah's Moscow visit; title: 12. Starting point of the Cold War: Iranian Azerbaijan, March 1946; title: 13. Withdrawal from Iranian Azerbaijan and the oil policy of the Soviets; title: 14. The beginning of negotiations between the central government and Azerbaijan; title: 15. Strengthening of the U.S. influence in Iran; title: 16. Failure of Stalin's policy in Iranian Azerbaijan.