Iranian-American relations project : oral history, 1985-1989.

Scope and Contents

A collaborative project with the Foundation for Iranian Studies, the memoirs in this collection trace the development and implementation of American policy after World War II. Memoirists include a variety of American and Iranian officials involved in that policy, especially American Foreign Officers who served in Iran. Among the topics discussed are: Iranian history, geopolitical considerations, American involvement in the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadeq in 1953, the government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the royal family, military considerations, United States oil policy, Iranian nationalism, nascent democratic movements, the social and political structure under the Shah, the Nixon Doctrine, the Revolution of 1979, the Hostage Crisis of 1979-1980, and the rise of the Islamic state Participants and pagination of transcripts: Richard T. Arndt, 179; Archie Bolster, 244; Alan Price Daw, 99; Theodore L. Eliot, 88; Richard Helms, 87; John Irwin, 51; Robert W. Komer, 81; William W. Lehfeldt, 203; Douglas MacArthur II, 64; Michael J. Metrinko, 240; Armin Meyer, 57; Jack Miklos, 248; Charles Naas, 274; Dean Rusk, 46; Harold H. Saunders, 153; James R. Schlesinger, 97; Howard Stone; John Hale Stutesman, Jr., 96; Phillips Talbot, 54; M. Gordon Tiger, 81; Hamilton A. Twitchell, 126; Ellis W. Williamson, 190; Gratian M. Yatsevitch, 171

Subjects

• Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
• Diplomats--Interviews.
• Hostages.
• Interviews.
• Iran--Economic conditions--1945-1979.
• Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
• Iran--History--Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Petroleum industry and trade.
• Public officers--Iran--Interviews.
• Public officers--United States--Interviews.
• United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.