Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.
Contents:
Between idealism and realism: Carter's foreign policy -- A failed ataturk: the shah and Iran in 1977 -- Human rights and arms exports -- Weeping and toasting -- Khomeini's shadow -- The match and the wood: the road to revolution -- The revolution -- Losing the initiative: the paralysis in Washington and Tehran -- Thinking the unthinkable -- End of an era: the triumph of the revolution.
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