Overview

In the eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams greatly admired the Persian Empire, while Iranians regarded America as an ideal their own government might emulate. Beginning there, how did they become the enemies they are today?In this rich, fascinating history, John Ghazvinian traces the complex story of relations between these two powers. Drawing on years of research conducted in both countries – including access to Iranian government archives rarely available to Western scholars – he leads us through the four seasons of US–Iranian relations: the spring of mutual fascination; the summer of early interactions; the autumn of close, strategic ties; and the long, dark winter of hate. A revealing account, America and Iranlays bare when, where and how it all went wrong – and why it didn’t have to be this way

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Author:   John Ghazvinian
Publisher:   Oneworld Publications
Imprint:   Oneworld Publications
ISBN:  

9781786079473

ISBN 10:   178607947
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   22 October 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction   Part I: Spring 1  East of Eden 2  Tashrifat 3  The Amateurs 4  The Professionals 5  The Man from Manila 6  War and Peace   Part II: Summer 7  “The Sordid Side” 8  The Warrior-King 9  Hello Johnny 10  Tehran Spring 11  “One Penny More” 12  The Liberty Bell and the Wool Pajamas 13  1953   Part III: Autumn 14  “Yes” and “Yes, Sir” 15  You Say You Want a Revolution? 16  This Turbulent Priest 17  The Final Emperor 18  The Unthinkable   Part IV: Winter 19  1979 309 20  Dulce et Decorum Est 21  Goodwill Hunting 22  The First Hopey-Changey Moment 23  That September Day 24  The Moral Cold War 25  Atoms for Peace? 26  Designed to Fail   Epilogue Acknowledgments Archival sources Notes Index Illustration credits

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'Ghazvinian describes in exquisite detail the relationship between Iran and the United States - from its inception in the years before the American Revolution to the present day. Beautifully laid out and at time reading like a thriller you don't want to put down.' -- Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ 'History in the hands of a master.' -- Ambassador John Limbert, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran (2009-10), and hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran (1979-81) 'An important, urgently needed book - a hugely ambitious, illuminating portrait of the entwined histories of Iran and America, and the first book to examine, in all its aspects, the rich and fraught relations between these two powers.' * Kirkus, starred review *

'An important, urgently needed book - a hugely ambitious, illuminating portrait of the...long, entwined history of Iran and America, and the first book to examine, in all its aspects, the rich and fraught relations between these two powers.' * Kirkus *

Author Information

John Ghazvinianis a historian at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Iran, raised in London and Los Angeles, and has a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford. He is the author of Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oiland he has written for the Sunday Times, New Statesman, Slate and The Nation. He lives in Philadelphia.

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