Worlds apart : a documentary history of US-Iranian relations, 1978-2018 / Malcolm Byrne and Kian Byrne

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: 306 pISBN:
  • 9781108838528
  • 1108838529
  • 1108971547
  • 9781108971546
Other title:
  • Documentary history of US-Iranian relations, 1978-2018 [Portion of title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
How to read a declassified document -- Chronology of events -- Blindsided : confronting the Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, 1977-1981 -- Turmoil in the Gulf -- the Iran-Iraq War and the spread of radical Islam, 1980-1989 -- Leaps of faith : from containment to dialogue, 1990-2000 -- Missed opportunities : from 9/11 to Iraq to the nuclear impasse, 2001-2008 -- Breakthrough : long road to a short-lived deal, 2009-2016 -- Epilogue: Déjà vu after four decades, 2017-2018.
Summary: "A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye - and then 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 forty 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"--
Item type: monograph
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to read a declassified document -- Chronology of events -- Blindsided : confronting the Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, 1977-1981 -- Turmoil in the Gulf -- the Iran-Iraq War and the spread of radical Islam, 1980-1989 -- Leaps of faith : from containment to dialogue, 1990-2000 -- Missed opportunities : from 9/11 to Iraq to the nuclear impasse, 2001-2008 -- Breakthrough : long road to a short-lived deal, 2009-2016 -- Epilogue: Déjà vu after four decades, 2017-2018.

"A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye - and then 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 forty 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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