Understanding Iran Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad

by Polk, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780230616783
• ISBN10: 023061678X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-27
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

William R. Polkprovidesan informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they alsohave bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.

Author Biography

William R. Polk established the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, was president of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, and helped to organize the “Table Ronde” meeting that laid the groundwork for the European Union. He was called back to the White House briefly during the 1967 Middle Eastern War to write a draft Peace Treaty and to act as advisor to U.S. National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
A Few Words on Words	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Becoming Iranian	p. 1
Being Iranian	p. 33
Shahs, Ulama, and Western Powers	p. 57
From Political Revolution through Social Revolution to Violent Revolution	p. 87
The Revolutionary Regime	p. 129
The United States and Iran Today	p. 169
Afterword	p. 205
Notes	p. 215
Index	p. 239
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