Worlds Apart

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

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvMalcolm Byrne,Kian Byrne,Washington DC) Byrne, Kian (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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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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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-26
Mått150 x 230 x 20 mm
Vikt530 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor342
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108971546

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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. Kian Byrne coordinates the Middle East documentation project at the History and Public Policy Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he also co-edits and contributes to the program's blog on new archival findings, Sources & Methods. He has researched and travelled through much of the region, including Iran.

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.

'Four decades ago Iran and the US substituted a close relationship for marked hostility. Byrne and Byrne have brought together in this book a collection of key documents that mark the major turning points - and the viewpoints of the principal actors - of these tumultuous decades. Worlds Apart, the title the authors have chosen for their fascinating collection, is strikingly apt. Their book is a page-turner and a significant contribution to the study of US-Iranian relations since the Islamic revolution.' Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars