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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781400063154
- Book Title
- Persian Puzzle : the Conflict between Iran and America
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.9in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- International Relations / General, Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 30.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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In his highly influential bookThe Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, inThe Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options for the future. Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran, beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in U.S.-Iran relationsincluding the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq. He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both countries' leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short. With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic political choices are available as we deal with this important but deeply troubled country.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400063159
ISBN-13
9781400063154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30880787
Product Key Features
Book Title
Persian Puzzle : the Conflict between Iran and America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
International Relations / General, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.9in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E183.8.I55p58 2004
Reviews
Praise for Kenneth M. Pollack andThe Threatening Storm "It is fair to say that whatever your feelings about the question of Iraq, you owe it to yourself to read Mr. Pollack's book, which is both hawkish and judicious. . . . Mr. Pollack has written a timely book that should be read as the public debate on Iraq continues." RICHARD BERNSTEIN,The New York Times "Pollack manages to eschew the cant, stupidity, and obfuscation which are the common currency of much of the current public debate over Iraq policy and has produced one of the key booksprobablythekey bookfor anyone trying to grapple with the Iraq question." JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL,The Washington Monthly "The Threatening Stormis both a primer on Iraq and a fascinating insider's view of American attempts to meet the threat it poses." ASLA AYDINTASBAS,The Wall Street Journal "Knowledgeable, convincingly argued, well documented." DOUGLAS PORCH,TheWashington Post Book World, Praise for Kenneth M. Pollack andThe Threatening Storm "It is fair to say that whatever your feelings about the question of Iraq, you owe it to yourself to read Mr. Pollack's book, which is both hawkish and judicious. . . . Mr. Pollack has written a timely book that should be read as the public debate on Iraq continues." RICHARD BERNSTEIN,The New York Times "Pollack manages to eschew the cant, stupidity, and obfuscation which are the common currency of much of the current public debate over Iraq policy and has produced one of the key booksprobablythekey bookfor anyone trying to grapple with the Iraq question." JOSHUA MICAH MARSHALL,The Washington Monthly "The Threatening Stormis both a primer on Iraq and a fascinating insider's view of American attempts to meet the threat it poses." ASLA AYDINTASBAS,The Wall Street Journal "Knowledgeable, convincingly argued, well documented." DOUGLAS PORCH,TheWashington Post Book World From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-054153
Dewey Decimal
327.73054
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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