Screen LibraryHidden Iran : paradox and power in the Islamic Republic /
"In Hidden Iran, Ray Takeyh has written a book that reveals how the underappreciated domestic political rivalries within Iran serve to explain the country's behavior on the world stage. A leading expert on Iran's politics and history, Takeyh shows why this country has so often confoun...
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| Published: |
Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"In Hidden Iran, Ray Takeyh has written a book that reveals how the underappreciated domestic political rivalries within Iran serve to explain the country's behavior on the world stage. A leading expert on Iran's politics and history, Takeyh shows why this country has so often confounded American expectations and inspired a long series of misguided U.S. policies that continue to this day. And yet there is a hidden Iran beyond what we see on the news or hear about from American politicians, one in which political factions jockey for power and influence, politicians fall out of favor only to emerge a few years later, and the hard-liners, the pragmatists, and the reformers tend to counterbalance one another in the government."--Jacket. |
| Item Description: |
Donation. "A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
| Carrier Form: | 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0805079769 (hardback) : 9780805079760 |
| Index Number: | DS318 |
| CLC: |
D837.30 D737.30 |
| Call Number: | D737.30/T136 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Getting Iran wrong -- Khomeini's legacy -- Conservative, pragmatists, and reformers -- Iran's place in the Greater Middle East -- Turning points in U.S.--Iranian relations -- Under the shadow of September 11 -- Along the nuclear precipice -- Iran's new Iraq -- Israel and the politics of terrorism -- Conclusion: Getting Iran right. |