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Worlds apart : a documentary history of US-Iranian relations, 1978-2018 / Malcolm Byrne, Kian Byrne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byrne, Malcolm, author.
- Byrne, Kian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
- United States.
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
- Iran.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran--Sources.
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye, if only to avoid war or nuclear catastrophe. What is at the core of this troubled rivalry that has stymied policymakers and scholars alike? Using a carefully selected collection of White House, CIA, State Department, and other records, Worlds Apart provides a comprehensive answer to this question: starting from the 1979 revolution and hostage crisis, through the Iran-Iraq War and the spread of radical Islam, to 9/11 and the nuclear impasse, to the 2009 Green Movement and the Obama and Trump presidencies. The records, which form the heart of the book, offer a rare, unfiltered view into the perspectives and experiences of the American and Iranian governments over 40 years. Providing timelines, glossaries, discussion questions, and a guide on reading declassified documents, Byrne and Byrne explore this complicated relationship accessibly and innovatively in this unique documentary history.
- Contents:
- How to read a declassified document
- Chronology of events
- Blindsided : confronting the Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, 1977-1981
- Turmoil in the Gulf
- the Iran-Iraq War and the spread of radical Islam, 1980-1989
- Leaps of faith : from containment to dialogue, 1990-2000
- Missed opportunities : from 9/11 to Iraq to the nuclear impasse, 2001-2008
- Breakthrough : long road to a short-lived deal, 2009-2016
- Epilogue: D�ej�a vu after four decades, 2017-2018.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Aug 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Byrne, Malcolm. Worlds apart : a documentary history of US-Iranian relations, 1978-2018
- ISBN:
- 1-108-98640-4
- 1-108-98141-0
- 1-108-97514-3
- OCLC:
- 1276862331
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