America and Iran - A History, 1720 to the Present

An epic history revealing how the US and Iran went from allies to adversaries over three hundred years

List 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

About the author

John Ghazvinian is 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 Oil and he has written for the Sunday Times, New Statesman, Slate and The Nation. He lives in Philadelphia.

Summary

An epic history revealing how the US and Iran went from allies to adversaries over three hundred years

Product details

• Authors: John Ghazvinian
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781786079473
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-947-3
• No. of pages: 688
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, Iran, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, General & world history, United States of America, USA, Middle Eastern history, General and world history, History of the Americas