Thank you for this post. I recently found the recent HBO documentary series on the Iran Hostage crisis, the first episode provides the build up in the 1970's, the local socio-economic situation, amidst the larger geo-political context. Fascinating how the US completely misread the volatile situation on the ground in Iran. Yet another cold war causality with the Iranian people being the primary victim.
One aspect, I find particularly interesting is the Carter admin mishandling, ironically as they had a major human rights initiative. When Carter continued backing the Shah in spite of human rights abuses, this hypocrisy fueled even more anti-American sentiment. What a lost opportunity to support serious change and reform in the Middle East.
I found this paper that addresses the Carter humanitarian issue:
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Thank you for this post. I recently found the recent HBO documentary series on the Iran Hostage crisis, the first episode provides the build up in the 1970's, the local socio-economic situation, amidst the larger geo-political context. Fascinating how the US completely misread the volatile situation on the ground in Iran. Yet another cold war causality with the Iranian people being the primary victim.
One aspect, I find particularly interesting is the Carter admin mishandling, ironically as they had a major human rights initiative. When Carter continued backing the Shah in spite of human rights abuses, this hypocrisy fueled even more anti-American sentiment. What a lost opportunity to support serious change and reform in the Middle East.
I found this paper that addresses the Carter humanitarian issue:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1029&context=mhr
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I am about to take a deep dive into this, no doubt this is a case study taught in political science.