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US Foreign Policy and Iran US Foreign Policy and Iran is a study of US foreign policy making in relation to Iran. It offers a new assessment of US–Iranian relations by exploring the ration- ale, effectiveness and consequences of American policy towards Iran from the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution to the present day. As a key country in a turbulent region and the recipient of some of the most inconsistent treatment meted out during and after the Cold War, Iran has been both one of America’s closest allies and an ‘Axis of Evil’ or ‘rogue’ state, tar- geted by covert action and contained by sanctions, diplomatic isolation and the threat of overt action. Moreover, since the attacks of 11 September 2001, Iran has played a significant role in the ‘War on Terror’ while also incurring Ameri- can wrath for its links to international terror and its alleged pursuit of a nuclear- weapons programme. US Foreign Policy and Iran will be of interest to students of US foreign policy, Iran, Middle Eastern politics and international security in general. Donette Murray is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and Interna- tional Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. She was awarded a D.Phil in International History by the University of Ulster. Contemporary security studies Series Editors: James Gow and Rachel Kerr King’s College London This series focuses on new research across the spectrum of international peace and security, in an era where each year throws up multiple examples of conflicts that present new security challenges in the world around them. NATO’s Secret Armies The Political Economy of Operation Gladio and terrorism in Peacebuilding in Post-D ayton Bosnia Western Europe Tim Donais Daniele Ganser The Distracted Eagle The US, NATO and Military The rift between America and old Burden- sharing Europe Peter Kent Forster and Peter H. Merkl Stephen J. Cimbala The Iraq War Russian Governance in the Twenty- European perspectives on politics, first Century strategy, and operations Geo- strategy, geopolitics and new Edited by Jan Hallenberg and governance Håkan Karlsson Irina Isakova Strategic Contest The Foreign Office and Finland Weapons proliferation and war in the 1938–1940 greater Middle East Diplomatic sideshow Richard L. Russell Craig Gerrard Propaganda, the Press and Conflict Rethinking the Nature of War The Gulf War and Kosovo Edited by Isabelle Duyvesteyn and David R. Willcox Jan Angstrom Missile Defence Perception and Reality in the International, regional and national Modern Yugoslav Conflict implications Myth, falsehood and deceit 1991–1995 Edited by Bertel Heurlin and Brendan O’Shea Sten Rynning Globalising Justice for Mass International Conflict Prevention Atrocities and Peace- building A revolution in accountability Sustaining the peace in post conflict Chandra Lekha Sriram societies Edited by T. 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Williams America, the EU and Strategic Cyber- conflict and Global Politics Culture Edited by Athina Karatzogianni Renegotiating the transatlantic bargain Asle Toje Globalisation and Defence in the Asia- Pacific Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict Arms across Asia Post- 9/11 security and insurgency Edited by Geoffrey Till, Emrys Chew Michael Bhatia and Mark Sedra and Joshua Ho Security Strategies and American Clinton’s Foreign Policy World Order Between the Bushes, 1992–2000 Lost power John Dumbrell Birthe Hansen, Peter Toft and Anders Wivel Aggression, Crime and International Security War, Torture and Terrorism Moral, political and legal dimensions Rethinking the rules of international of international relations security Page Wilson Edited by Anthony F. Lang, Jr. and Amanda Russell Beattie European Security Governance The European Union in a Westphalian America and Iraq world Policy making, intervention and Charlotte Wagnsson, James Sperling regional politics and Jan Hallenberg Edited by David Ryan and Patrick Kiely Private Security and the European Security in a Global Reconstruction of Iraq Context Christopher Kinsey Internal and external dynamics Edited by Thierry Tardy US Foreign Policy and Iran American–Iranian relations since the Women and Political Violence Islamic revolution Female combatants in ethno- national Donette Murray conflict Miranda H. Alison Justice, Intervention and Force in International Relations Reassessing just war theory in the 21st century Kimberley A. Hudson US Foreign Policy and Iran American–Iranian relations since the Islamic revolution Donette Murray First published 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2010 Donette Murray All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data US foreign policy and Iran: American–Iranian relations since the Islamic revolution/Donette Murray. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States–Foreign relations–Iran. 2. Iran–Foreign relations–United States. I. Title. II. Title: United States foreign policy and Iran. E183.8.I55M828 2009 327.73055–dc22 2009002437 ISBN 0-203-87443-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0-415-39406-6 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-203-87443-9 (ebk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-39406-2 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-203-87443-1 (ebk) For Jock, who sat beside me and kept me company and Stu, for being wonderful
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