The Persian puzzle
the conflict between Iran and America
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - Random House, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
134,750 words, Guess
Page Count
539 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24931657M
- ISBN-101400063159
- OCLC Control Number56413311
- OCLC Control Numberpersianpuzzlecon00poll
- Library of Congress Control Number2004054153
Classifications
- DDC327.73055
- LCCE183.8.I55 P58 2004
Description
Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, analyzes 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 relations--including the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, 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.
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