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" The Bridge to Victory: The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War "
Benjamin F. Harper
Creswell, Michael
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804592
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TL49426
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1917461092; 10239947
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Fuhriman, Christopher
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The Bridge to Victory: The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War\ Benjamin F. HarperCreswell, Michael
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The Florida State University
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2016
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Ph.D.
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History
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2016
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202
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Committee members: Frank, Andrew; Hanley, Will; Souva, Mark; Stoltzfus, Nathan
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-86263-8
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This work examines the Iranian Crisis of 1946 and its active role in shaping the Cold War that followed. It is intended to serve as a case study of how the United States was able to successfully flex its short-lived atomic monopoly and achieve its international objectives in the early postwar era by means of direct engagement with so-called “peripheral actors.” This writing engages with the robust academic field of U.S. foreign relations that over the past number of years revisited and reimagined the origins and driving forces of the Cold War. My own international archival research and comparative historiographical analysis supports the growing synthesis of the field, and it has led me to argue the importance of peripheral actors, and specifically Iran, in establishing the Cold War system. The claims that Soviet expansionism or American economic agendas were the sole agitants behind the emergence of the decades-long struggle no longer satisfies in lieu of the new materials and analytical approaches now available.
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Middle Eastern Studies; History; Military history
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Social sciences;Azerbaijan;Cold War;Iran;Middle East;U.Ss. foreign policy;World War II
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Creswell, Michael
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HistoryThe Florida State University
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