US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

David Patrick (University of Essex) Houghton

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Why did Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in 1979? Why did the Carter administration launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? Using interviews with key decision-makers on both sides, this book provides an analysis of a great foreign policy disaster.

ISBN-13
9780521801164
ISBN-10
0521801168
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-06-07
Pages
270
Dimensions
229x152x16
Weight
543