The US-Iran Relationship: The Impact of Political Identity on Foreign Policy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781784532543)

Since the Revolution of 1978/79, which eventually brought to power Ayatollah Khomeini and his circle of conservative, though politically active, clerics, the relationship between Iran and the USA has represented one of the world's most complex and hostile international entanglements. In this book, Penelope Kinch analyses the extent to which political identity has contributed to challenges in the relationship and the role of myths in foreign policy. Kinch first examines the construction of political identity in each country, and thereby traces the imagined norms which have their impact on international behaviour. Looking at the misperceptions that have precluded closer communication between the two states, Kinch examines both historical issues, such as the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis as well as more contemporary crises, most notably over Iran's nuclear power programme.

Author: Penelope Kinch
ISBN-10: 1784532541
ISBN-13: 9781784532543
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2016
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d