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Volume 6, Number 2
Winter 2006/7
-- ABSTRACT --
PENELOPE KINCH
The Iranian Crisis and the Dynamics of Advice
and Intelligence in the Carter Administration
The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran took the United States by surprise. Considering the geo-political significance of Iran to the U.S. strategic position in the Middle East, the lack of awareness and understanding of the developing situation in Iran between 1977-1979 demonstrates a breakdown in communication within the Carter Administration. This article examines the dynamics of the factions within Carter’s advisory group which limited both the provision and the accuracy of information provided to the President, and the reactive nature of intelligence emanating from Iran which caused reporting to reflect rather than prescribe the foreign policy direction of the U.S. |
