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100	1		_aKinch, Penelope _918835
245	1	4	_aThe US-Iran relationship : _bthe impact of political identity on foreign policy _cPenelope Kinch
260			_aLondon : _bI.B. Tauris, _cc2016.
300			_a281 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aLibrary of international relations ; _v74
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [255]-268) and index.
520			_aSince 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.
650			_aUnited States _xForeign relations _vIran _918836
856			_uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/eowwpl5lbn8hekot1p9aacupesgnl9bs _zLocation Map
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