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The U.S. force responsible for the Gulf area is the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). In order to see if there is evidence for the existence of a chronic pattern of military incompetence relevant to the current CENTCOM policy the author uses the model of organizational dynamics in decision-making developed by G. Allison and draws on a case history - the U.S. attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran. (DÜI-Hns)

Only three out of her 36 short stories are available in English (two translated by the writer herself), and yet Simin Daneshvar (b. 1921) is Iran's first woman novelist and one of the country's most significant fiction writers. Daneshvar has published Savooshoon (the most popular Iranian novel), three collections of short stories, ten translations, and a memoir about her late husband, Jalal Al-e Ahmad. Having retired from her teaching position at Tehran University, she lives in Iran and is now working on her second novel, The Wandering Island.Daneshvar's literary work is a celebration of the feminine—her taste for life and love, her art of endurance and strength. While most of her female characters manage to survive, none reveals such stamina or resilience as the narrator of Jalal's Sunset. Confronted with the unexpected death of a husband, a colleague, and a collaborator, Daneshvar in this text portrays a real survivor.