Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article examines how Americans perceived the Iranian Revolution, and seeks to understand how many influential individuals failed to understand or acknowledge the true nature of the Shi‘i opposition led by Ruhollah Khomeini. The author finds the answer to these questions in the antipathy that many Americans had for the authoritarian rule of the Shah, as well as a number of preconceived notions. Finally, this study then turns to crucial decisions made by Jimmy Carter to demonstrate how the president sought to make a virtue of necessity but, in doing so, unwittingly abetted the Ayatollah as he ascended to power.
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