U.S. Foreign Policy and Persia, 1856–1921
2002; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 35; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00210860208702014
ISSN1475-4819
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoThe Russians with the British, some now cheer, have made a solemn oath this very year, that within the politics of Iran, they will not interfere from this time on. It's a shame that the appeased of this land, are content with the matter now at hand, for when cat and mouse together lie, the grocer may's well kiss his store goodbye. Iraj Mirza, 1907 (On the Anglo-Russian Treaty) This paper is a study of early U.S. policy towards Iran and its significance in the field of twentieth-century Iranian-American relations. The paper also has the broader objective of investigating the roots of Iran's hostility towards America during the 1979 Iranian revolution. The early history of Persian-American relations has rarely been examined but, as I will argue, it was during this time (i.e., 1856-1921) that Iranians conceived an image of America as a sympathetic power—an image which the United States government falsely promoted and which resulted in Persia's overly heightened expectations of America. When these expectations were not met in later periods (i.e., 1953-1979), Iranians reacted with a magnified sense of hatred for the United States. The hostility expressed during the revolution came as a great shock to the United States.
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