Screen LibraryBecoming enemies：U.S.-Iran relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Md. |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 394 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781442208308 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442208309 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442208322 (ebook) 1442208325 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | D871 |
| CLC: |
D871.223.73 D837.327.12 |
| Call Number: | D871.223.73/B398 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I: the United States and Iran: how "the enemy has become our masterpiece". Prologue: Kierkegaard in the desert: a reader's guide to bBecoming enemie -- Dramatis personae: who's who at the Musgrove Conference -- How it came to this: the evolution of dueling U.S. and Iranian narrative -- Part II: the Musgrove Conference: a critical oral history of the origins of U.S.-Iranian enmity. The Unites States confronts the Islamic Republic: the origins of enmity, 1979-1982 -- The U.S. tilt toward Iraq: a strategy for avoiding a "middle eastern armageddon" -- "A world-class rogues' gallery of liars and crooks": the Iran-Contra affair -- "This huge crescendo of pressures": Iraqi resurgence in 1988 and Iranian preparation for war with the United Sattes -- Khomeini drinks the "hemlock": how the UN facilitated the end of the war -- Part III: revelations, perspectives, and interpretations. Missed opportunities? the virtual history of U.S.-Iran relations during the Iran-Iraq war -- Epilogue: takeaways: what did we learn from the Musgrove dialogues? -- Appendix 1: chronology: the Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988 -- Appendix 2: annotated excerpts from declassified documents. |