The U.S.-Soviet confrontation in Iran, 1945-1962 a case in the annals of the Cold War /

• Main Author: Blake, Kristen.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham : University Press of America, c2009.
• Subjects: Cold War.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.; United States > Foreign relations > Iran.; Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.; Iran > Foreign relations > United States.; Iran > Foreign relations > 1941-1979.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 224 p.) : map.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.
• ISBN: 9780761844921 (electronic bk.); 0761844929 (electronic bk.); 0761844953 (clothbound : alk. paper); 9780761844952 (clothbound : alk. paper); 0761844910 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780761844914 (pbk. : alk. paper)

This book is a study of the origins, development, and end of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War rivalry in Iran from 1945 to 1962 and its influence on the political and economic development of the country. It traces the roots of this rivalry to the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran in 1941 during the Second World War that subsequently led to U.S. involvement in Iran in 1942 as part of the Allied war effort. While analyzing the superpower rivalry, the book also focuses on the development of U.S.-Iranian relations andU. S. policy toward Iran, whose primary goal was to keep Iran free from communism. The book.