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1 online resource |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 689 |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 689.
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 The Permanent Revolution?; Chapter 2 How Foreign Policy Has Sustained the Revolution at Home; The Rafsanjani Years: Pragmatism and Its Discontents; Tehran Spring; Iran's New Frontiers; Chapter 3 Key Episodes in US-Iran Diplomacy; America Held Hostage; Iran-Contra Affair; George W. Bush: The Diplomatist; Obama's Outreach; Lessons to Learn; Chapter 4 Toward a New Iran Strategy; US Grand Strategy and Iran, 1945-2017; New Wine in Old Bottles; Containment Begins at Home; Pushing Back in the Region; Notes |
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Suggestions for Further ReadingAbout the Authors; About the Hoover Institution's Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order; Index |
| Summary |
"In Revolution and Aftermath: Forging a New Strategy toward Iran, Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh examine one of the most underappreciated forces that has shaped modern US foreign policy: American-Iranian relations. They argue that America's flawed reading of Iran's domestic politics has hamstrung decades of US diplomacy, resulting in humiliations and setbacks ranging from the 1979-81 hostage crisis to Barack Obama's concession-laden nuclear weapons deal. What presidents and diplomats have repeatedly failed to grasp, they write, is that 'the Islamic Republic is a revolutionary state whose entire identity is invested in its hostility toward the West.' To illuminate a path forward for American-Iranian relations, the authors address some of the most persistent myths about Iran, its ruling elite, and its people. They discuss the ways Iran played a vital role in US grand strategy after World War II. They discuss the Ayatollah Khomeini's worldview--including his view of the United States as 'the Great Satan'--and his remarkably durable legacy, which has animated decades of Iranian policies even when such policies are detrimental to the country's other stated national interests. Finally, they highlight lessons leaders can learn from America's many missteps since the 1979 Islamic Revolution."--Publisher |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 20, 2018) |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Politics and government.
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Aussenpolitik.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140112
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Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067894
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Iran -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067893
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Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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Iran.
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United States.
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Iran
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USA
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Takeyh, Ray, 1966- author.
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| ISBN |
9780817921583 |
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0817921583 |
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