Lexington Books
Pages: 144
Trim: 6 1/4 x 9
978-1-4985-7696-3 • Hardback • September 2018 • $90.00 • (£60.00)
978-1-4985-7697-0 • eBook • September 2018 • $85.50 • (£60.00)
Benjamin F. Harper earned his PhD in history from Florida State University.
Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
Chapter 2: The Saber and the Star: The US Presence in Iran, 1942–46
Chapter 3: Iranian Plurality and the Reemergence of Ahmad Qavām
Chapter 4: Crisis Ensues: Atomic Diplomacy and Qavām's Cold War
Chapter 5: A New World Order: The Iranian Crisis and the Legitimacy of the United Nations
Conclusion: On Statesmanship and Power
In The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War: The Bridge to Victory, Benjamin F. Harper ably illuminates an understudied but important topic. Aided by a wealth of primary sources, Harper rightly incorporates Iran’s perspective into this history and thereby demonstrates that Iranian leaders played a pivotal role in extricating themselves from the grip of the Soviet Union. This well-written book should be of interest to scholars in several fields.
— Michael Creswell, Florida State University