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America and Iran : a history, 1720 to the present / John Ghazvinian.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ghazvinian, John, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
- Iran.
- International relations.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
- Iran--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 665 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- By an admired historian, a hugely ambitious, illuminating portrait of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America: two powers who were once allies and now adversaries. In this rich, fascinating history, John Ghazvinian traces the complex story of the relations between these two nations back to the Persian Empire of the eighteenth century--the subject of great admiration by Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams--and an America seen by Iranians as an ideal to emulate for their own government. Drawing on years of archival research both in the United States and Iran--including access to Iranian government archives rarely available to Western scholars--the Iranian-born, Oxford-educated historian leads us through the four seasons of U.S.-Iran relations: the spring of mutual fascination; the summer of early interactions; the autumn of close strategic ties; and the long, dark winter of mutual hatred. Ghazvinian makes clear where, how, and when it all went wrong. America and Iran shows why two countries that once had such heartfelt admiration for each other became such committed enemies--and why it didn't have to turn out this way.
- Contents:
- East of Eden
- Tashrifat
- The Amateurs
- The Professionals
- The Man from Manila
- War and Peace
- "The Sordid Side"
- The Warrior-King
- Hello Johnny
- Tehran Spring
- "One Penny More"
- The Liberty Bell and the Wool Pyjamas
- 1953
- "Yes" and "Yes, Sir"
- You Say You Want a Revolution?
- This Turbulent Priest
- The Final Emperor
- The Unthinkable
- 1979
- Dulce et Decorum Est
- Goodwill Hunting
- The First Hopey-Changey Moment
- That September Day
- The Moral Cold War
- Atoms for Peace?
- Designed to Fail.
- Notes:
- "This Is A Borzoi Book"
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 02, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ghazvinian, John H. (John Hossein), 1974- America and Iran
- ISBN:
- 9780525659327
- 0525659323
- Publisher Number:
- 99986290639
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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