Nixon Administration Military Assistance Policy Toward Iran

During the World War II, the U.S. military troops entered into Iran. After the World War II, The U.S. and Soviet launched Cold War. Iran is located in the Middle East, with important strategy geopolitical position. Gradually, Iran become the U.S. strategic alliance against the Soviet union.When Nixon entered and hosted the White House, the international situation changed greatly. The United States have heavy burden on it's domestic economic, political and social situation, because of the Vietnam War. Facing the rigorous situation, Nixson came up with a thoery: "Nixson Doctrine", declaring that "the U.S. will decrease the military duty of Asia," but the U.S. Government will provide a new form of economic and military assistance in this region. In fact, "Nixon doctrine" is not a withdraw plan, on the contrary, the U.S. Government wanted to safeguard the interests of America in the region better. In order to adapt to the changing situation, the Nixon Administration began to escalate the military assistance.Based on the dialectical materialism and historical materialism, making full use of archives and international resources, here, I put the militray assistance policy into background of Cold War, at the same time, I make a profound analyzes of the Nixon Administration military assistance policy to Iran deeply.