US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 75) - Hardcover

Houghton, David Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521801168 ISBN 13: 9780521801164

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Why did Iranian students seize the American embassy in Tehran in 1979? Why did the Carter administration launch a rescue mission, and why did it fail so spectacularly? This book answers these and other puzzles using an analogical reasoning approach that highlights the role of historical analogies in decision making. Using interviews with key decision makers on both sides, Houghton provides an original analysis of one of the United States' greatest foreign policy disasters of recent years. The book will interest students and scholars of foreign policy analysis and international relations.

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Review

"Houghton has produced an excellent, in-depth study of the Iranian hostage crisis, making outstanding use of new material about policy/decision makers' perceptions...A superb book." CHOICE

"...the book provides a clear account of the analogical reasoning model and uses available sources well to provide an interesting description of the deliberations in the Carter administration surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis." Political Science Quarterly

"Well-organized and well-written, Houghton provides a clear and persuasive understanding of the Iran hostage crisis and the important role of cognitive-analogical reasoning." International Politics

"...Houghton has written an intersting and thought-provoking book on an important subject that raises a number of compelling questions for future research." American Political Science Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521801168
• ISBN 13: 9780521801164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270