William R. Polk

Understanding Iran (eBook, ePUB)

Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230103238
• Artikelnr.: 38166233

Autorenporträt

William R. Polk

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Becoming Iranian
Being Iranian
Shahs, Ulama and Western Powers
From Political Revolution through Social Revolution to Violent Revolution
The Revolutionary Regime
The United States and Iran Today and Tomorrow