U. S. Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis
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...
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An analysis of one of the greatest foreign policy disasters.
Preface1Jimmy Carter and the tragedy of foreign policy12Locating the argument: a review of the existing literature213The origins of the crisis464The waiting game755Days of decision: the hostage rescue mission1056Hostages to history1447Some alternative explanations: non-analogical accounts of the Iran decision-making1668Conclusion202App. 1: Dramatis personae224App. 2: The major historical analogies used226Bibliography229Index242
