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History Problem: At a time when the U.S. enjoyed overwhelming economic and military power and security globally this period still managed to become best known for its widespread fear bordering on panic regarding the rising "communist threat." Kinzer's description and analysis of U.S. policy toward Iran. What did U.S. policy in Iran, accomplish toward Paul Nitze's ends he describes in NSC-68? What was the role of the CIA and the Department of Defense? What was U.S. foreign policy always simply "reacting" to Soviet aggression (or to Soviet "will" in Nitze's words) on the world stage? What were some of the problems with using "anti-communism" as the central organizing principle for U.S. foreign policy? What is U.S. "imperialism?" Does the end justify the means? And why is there sometimes a dramatic disconnect between the publicly stated goals from U.S. foreign policy elites and the actual policies themselves? (What "values" (if any) did the United States share with the regimes headed by Shah Reza Pahlavi, Castillo Armas, Papa Doc Duvalier, Mobutu Sese Seko, Fulgencio Batista, and Augusto Pinochet?)