Iranian And Turkish Diplomatic Efforts To Solicit Us Aid And Protection 1943 1946

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the role of the Iranian government from 1943 and the Turkish government from 1945 in their pursuits of economic and military aid from the U.S. government. The thesis examined the possibility that the U.S. foreign policy that became known as Containment was influenced by the Iranian and Turkish governments' description and interpretation of Soviet foreign policy. There is evidence to suggest that Iran and Turkey influenced U.S. strategic thinking. There is a need to further enhance our understanding of the origins of the Cold War by going beyond the simple construct of the U.S. versus the U.S.S.R.