Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War

by Roham Alvandi

Book Overview

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War. In this groundbreaking study Roham Alvandi offers a revisionist account of the shah's relationship with the United States by examining the partnership he forged with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Based on extensive research in the British and U.S. archives, as well as a wealth of Persian-language diaries,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190610689
• ISBN13: 9780190610685
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"