Oral history interview with Archie M. Bolster, 1988
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- Name
- Bolster, Archie (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Archie M. Bolster, 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Archie M. Bolster, 1988
- Abstract
- Childhood in Montana, visit to Iran as child 1946-1948; education at University of Virginia; Navy service; entered Foreign Service, 1958; consulate in Tabriz for two years; impressions of Iranian society, the Shah, the role of women, land reform; evaluation of Holmes as United States ambassador; United States influence in Iran, foreign aid; anti-Shah activity, 1962-63, "New Men;" Shah's power base, analysis of Shah in two circulated papers; American presidents' policies in Iran, military sales to Iran; returned to United States, 1966, work at INR; discussion of Shah's position on oil, Iran's political instability; appraisal of America's contact with opposition to the Shah, American ethnocentricity; assessment of revolution, the failure of policy in Washington
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Diplomats; Economic assistance, American; Iran Description and travel; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Iran Politics and government 1941-1979; Iran Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Iran; Bolster, Archie; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on February 23, March 24 and May 3, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- Archie M. Bolster, Gift 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14384012
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-zasa-f140
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.