Malcolm Byrne

Worlds Apart (eBook, PDF)

A Documentary History of US-Iranian Relations, 1978-2018

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108986403
• Artikelnr.: 66182693

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Byrne is an award-winning author and editor of several books on US-Iran relations. Since 1997, he has run the nongovernmental National Security Archive's multinational Iran documentation project, based at The George Washington University, and has made numerous trips to the Islamic Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

How to Read a Declassified Document
Introduction
Chronology of events
1. Blindsided: confronting the revolution and the hostage crisis, 1977-1981
2. Turmoil in the Gulf: the Iran-Iraq war and the spread of radical Islam, 1980-1989
3. Leaps of faith: from containment to dialogue, 1990-2000
4. Missed opportunities: from 9/11 to Iraq to the nuclear impasse, 2001-2008
5. Breakthrough: long road to a short-lived deal, 2009-2016
Epilogue. Back to basics: déjà vu after four decades, 2017-2018
Conclusion.