Preface - Acknowledgements - PART 1: ECONOMIC SANCTIONS: THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE - Introduction - What are Economic Sanctions? - Methods of applying Economic Sanction - The Efficacy of Economic Sanctions - Factors Limiting the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions - Aims of Economic Sanctions - PART 2: THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS - Background to the Crisis - Action taken by the United States - Effect of the Economic Sanctions - Limitations of the Economic Sanctions - Factors contributing to the Solution - The Settlement of the Crisis - PART 3: CONCLUSION - Notes - Bibliography - Index