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Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history
Collier presents a timely and fresh reexamination of one of the
most important bilateral relationships of the last century. He
delves deeply into the American desire to promote democracy in Iran
from the 1940s through the early 1960s and examines the myriad
factors that contributed to their success in exerting a powerful
influence on Iranian politics. By creating a framework to
understand the efficacy of external pressure, Collier explains how
the United States later relinquished this control during the 1960s
and 1970s. During this time, the shah emerged as a dominant and
effective political operator who took advantage of waning American
influence to assert his authority. Collier reveals how this
shifting power dynamic transformed the former client-patron
relationship into one approaching equality.
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