Worlds apart : a documentary history of US-Iranian relations, 1978-2018 /
A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye and then 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 D...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye and then 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 forty 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 306 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108838528 1108838529 9781108971546 1108971547 |