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Reassessing the Eagle and the Lion
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RohamAlvandi, Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, £38.99). Pp 272. isbn978 0 1993 7569 1.
ChristianEmery, US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution: The Cold War Dynamics of Engagement and Strategic Alliance (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, £62.00). Pp 267. isbn978 1 137 32986 8.
StephenMcGlinchey, U.S. Arms Policies towards the Shah's Iran (Oxford: Routledge, 2014, £110.00). Pp 202. isbn978 0 4157 3921 4.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2017
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In June 2013, Iran surprised many observers by electing the moderate, but still firmly establishment, cleric Hassan Rouhani as President. Following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's eight years in office, few analysts predicted Rouhani's victory. It was expected that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would oversee the election of a more controllable conservative politician than Ahmadinejad had turned out to be. Instead, the array of hard-line candidates presented to the electorate on polling day split the conservative vote, resulting in an overwhelming victory for Rouhani.
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