The essay question is: What roles, if any, did American foreign policy play vis

The essay question is:
What roles, if any, did American foreign policy play vis a vis the historical, political, social, cultural, and economic underpinnings of the 1979 Revolution in Iran? What were the policies on the ground, what did they presuppose, and how did they “fail” to see the revolution?
In a well-organized, well-written 10-12-page double-spaced essay, answer one of the following questions with a clear and original argument. Be sure to use specific examples from the readings to support your case (at least 5 readings from the course must be engaged thoroughly). You will need a Works Cited page at the end of the paper, and please use proper citations throughout the paper (pick one style and stick with it). I will share the readings and sources you need to use – if you use additional sources, please make sure they are ONLY academic books or articles from academic institutions. Please use these sources:
Kevan Harris, A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran: Introduction
Abbas Amanat: Iran, A Modern History; Chapter 11 “Development, Disarray, and Discontent” and Ch 12 “Cultures of Authority and Cultures of Dissent”
Kevan Harris, A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran: Chapter 2: “Seeing like a King: Welfare Policy as State-Building Strategy in the Pahlavi Monarchy”
– Charles Kurzman, The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004): Read the whole book.
– Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi: Foucault in Iran; Chapter 1.
– Misagh Parsa, Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1989): Chapters 5, 6, and 7
– Negar Mottahedeh, Whisper Tapes: Read the whole book
– Sreberney-Mohammadi and Mohammadi: Small Media, Big Revolution, Chapter 8: “The ‘Heavy Artillery’: Small Media for a Big Revolution.”
– Ervand Abrahamian, Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993): Introduction and Chapter 1
– Negar Razavi: The Systemic Problem of “Iran Expertise” in Washington, Jadaliyya
– Naghmeh Sohrabi, “The ‘Problem Space’ of the Historiography of the 1979 Iranian Revolution,” in History Compass 16, 2018.
– Afsaneh Najmabadi, “Iran’s Turn to Islam: From Modernism to a Moral Order,” in Middle East Journal 41(2), 1987.
– Edward Said, Covering Islam: Chapter 2: “The Iran Story”