US foreign policy and the Iran hostage crisis /

Why did a handful of Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979? Why did most members of the US government initially believe that the incident would be over quickly? Why did the Carter administration then decide to launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacul...

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Main Author: Houghton, David Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 75.
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