Steven Hurst Knihy

The book delves into the US Administration's foreign policy towards Vietnam during Jimmy Carter's presidency from 1977 to 1980, highlighting the efforts to normalize relations and the factors leading to its failure. By employing a belief systems approach, it offers fresh insights into the motivations behind the decisions of key policymakers and elucidates why the initiative was ultimately abandoned by late 1978. This analysis provides a nuanced understanding of the complexities surrounding US-Vietnam relations during this pivotal period.

Steven Hurst traces the development of the US-Iranian nuclear weapon crisis from the conception of Iran's nuclear programme in 1957 to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015. Hurst adopts a broader perspective on the Iranian nuclear programme and explains the continued failure of the USA to halt it.