Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979–1988Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 03/05/2012 - 408 من الصفحات Becoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history, developed to study flashpoints from the Cold War such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, to understand U.S. and Iranian relations from the fall of the Shah in 1978 through the Iranian hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war. Scholars and former officials involved with U.S. and UN policy take a fresh look at U.S and Iranian relations during this time, with special emphasis on the U.S. role in the Iran-Iraq War. With its remarkable declassified documentation and oral testimony that bear directly on questions of U.S. policymaking with regard to the Iran-Iraq War, Becoming Enemies reveals much that was previously unknown about U.S. policy before, during, and after the war. They go beyond mere reportage to offer lessons regarding fundamental foreign policy challenges to the U.S. that transcend time and place. |
المحتوى
A Readers Guide to Becoming Enemies | 3 |
Dramatis Personae Whos Who at the Musgrove Conference | 19 |
The Evolution of Dueling US and Iranian Narratives | 25 |
A CRITICAL ORAL HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF USIRANIAN ENMITY | 53 |
The Origins of Enmity 19791982 | 55 |
A Strategy for Avoiding a Middle Eastern Armageddon | 95 |
The IranContra Affair | 125 |
Iraqi Resurgence in 1988 and Iranian Preparation for War with the United States | 151 |
Chapter 7 Missed Opportunities? The Virtual History of USIran Relations during the IranIraq War | 227 |
What Did We Learn from the Musgrove Dialogues? | 253 |
The IranIraq War 19801988 | 287 |
Appendix 2 Annotated Excerpts from Declassified Documents | 297 |
Acknowledgments | 351 |
Notes | 355 |
Acronyms | 371 |
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How the UN Facilitated the End of the War | 195 |
PERSPECTIVES AND INTERPRETATIONS | 225 |
About the Authors | 393 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
American asked attack Ayatollah Baghdad battlefield believe briefing BRUCE RIEDEL Carter cease—fire CHARLES COGAN chemical weapons conflict course critical oral history DAVID NEWTON decision dialogues difficult discussion Document empathy enemy FARIDEH FARHI finally find first former officials George H. W. Bush GIANDOMENICO PICCO Gianni going green light Halabja happened Hezbollah hostage crisis influence intelligence invasion Iran—Contra Iran—Iraq Iran’s Iranian Iraq Iraq’s Iraqis IRGC Islamic Republic Israelis issue JAMES BLIGHT jANET JOOST HILTERMANN Khomeini Kuwait Laughter MARK GASIOROWSKI Middle East military missed opportunities missile Musgrove national narrative National Security officer ofIran ofthe Perez de Cuellar Persian Gulf political President question Rafsanjani Reagan administration Redacted passage regime relationship Resolution 598 revolutionary Rezaie RICHARD MURPHY Saddam Hussein Saudi Security Council seems Shah significant Soviet specific strategic Tariq Aziz Tehran THOMAS BLANTON THOMAS PICKERING THOMAS TWETTEN tion U.S. policy U.S.—Iran relations United Velayati Vincennes Washington