Confronting Iran The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East

Name: Confronting Iran The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9780465003518

ISBN-10: 0465003516

ISBN-13: 9780465003518

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Authors: Ali Ansari

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Iran refuses to relent in developing nuclear technology, despite U.N. sanctions. Rumors persist that both the United States and Israel are drawing up plans for military strikes. As the standoff escalates with no clear end in sigh, historian Ali Ansari sets the current crisis in the context of a long history of mutual antagonism between Iran and the U.S. From the overthrow of Mosaddeq in 1953 to the hostage crisis in 1979 and, more recently, the Gulf War and the War in Iraq, both Iranian and American politicians have forged conflicting narratives about an "evil empire" lying half a world away. Now, decades of mutual mistrust and internal politicking in both the U.S. and Iran may ultimately…

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List price: $19.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 7/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Chronology


Introduction



Imperial Hubris



1953



1979



The United States and the Islamic Republic



Khatami and the Reform Movement



Iran-US Relations in the Shadow of 9/11



Nuclear Politics


Conclusion


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary


Sources and Guide to Further Reading


Index