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(3 of 10) Instead, as it has had to do in a number of other recent crises, the Administration decided on restraint. Initially, the White House asked Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan to intervene. But last Tuesday, after months of trying to steer his country on a rational course, Bazargan...
Indeed, such a move by the U.S. would scarcely be without precedent. A handful of Marines, for example, were landed in Tripoli in 1801 to punish the Barbary pirates, and a century later some 2,500 American servicemen were rushed to China to help put down the Boxers who had...
Surprise is also difficult because U.S. planes would be detected as they neared Iran. Even though the Iranian air force's capability has deteriorated dramatically in the past year, its radar units might well be able to pick up approaching aircraft. In any event, the Soviets would surely spot...
In Cleveland and Philadelphia, a kind of politics of civility triumphed; both cities elected men who presented themselves as healers to succeed loudly abrasive mayors. Cleveland's self-styled populist, Dennis Kucinich, elected in 1977 at the age of 31, won nationwide notoriety for his abusive assaults on the...
Carter first discussed the campaign chairmanship with Strauss earlier this year, but the garrulous Texan hankered after a more statesmanlike job. He won the Middle East assignment last April, but when he discovered that his down-home diplomatic style did not produce quick results, he grew restless. Spurred on by...