The Carter Administration and the fall of Iran's Pahlavi Dynasty

Between idealism and realism: Carter's foreign policy -- A failed atatürk: the shah and Iran in 1977 -- Human rights and arms exports -- Weeping and toasting -- Khomeini's shadow -- The match and the wood: the road to revolution -- The revolution -- Losing the initiative: the paralysis in Washington and Tehran -- Thinking the unthinkable -- End of an era: the triumph of the revolution..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index..