British Diplomacy and the Iranian Revolution, 1978-1981

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ali, Luman (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
• Θέματα: Middle East-History.; History, Modern.; World politics.; International relations.; Great Britain-History.; Economic history.; History of the Middle East.; Modern History.; Political History.; Foreign Policy.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Economic History.

This book investigates how British diplomats in Tehran and London reacted to the overthrow of the Shah and the creation of an Islamic Republic in Iran, which had previously been a major political and commercial partner for London in the Middle East. Making substantial use of recently declassified ar...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Britain's relationship with Iran before the 1970s
• Chapter 3 - The British mission in Iran in the 1970s
• Chapter 4 - Iran's descent into Chaos
• Chapter 5 - The embassy's failure to predict the Iranian revolution
• Chapter 6 - A new ambassador and the question of recognition
• Chapter 7 - Adjusting to a revolutionary state
• Chapter 8 - Britain and the fallout of the US embassy hostage crisis
• Chapter 9 - From the Iranian embassy siege to becoming an interests section
• Chapter 10 - No early return for the British embassy: the interests section and the revolution, 1980-81
• Chapter 11 - Conclusion.