| Portion of title |
America and Iran, 1800-1988 |
| Series |
The Global Middle East
|
| Contents |
Part One: Uncertain Overtures (1796-1914) -- Pluralist Persia: A Land of Many Religions -- The Portals of Persepolis: Persian Antiquity and American Curiosity -- A Martyr and Many Masters: America and Iranian Constitutionalism -- Part Two: Desultory Modernities (1914-1941) -- Iran in Transition: War, Famine, and Recovery, 1914- -- Flirting with Secular Modernity: America and Social Change in Iran, 1925- -- Investing in Iran: Frontiers and Foreign Competition, 1925- -- Part Three: Cataclysms (1941-1963) -- Unwelcome Visitors: The Occupation of Iran during World War II -- Subverting Sovereignty: The Politics of Oil -- Roots of Revenge: Cultural Flux and Specters of Violence -- Part Four: A Troubled Middle East (1960-1979) -- The Anti-Aryan Moment: Decolonization, Race, and Human Rights -- A Political Minefield: Iran Between Israel and Pan-Arabism -- The Shah's Fight for Hegemony: From the Persian Gulf to the Vietnam War -- Part Five: The Schism (1978-1988) -- The Picketers Come of Age: From Civil Disobedience to Armed Protest -- Burning Bridges: Revolution and the Rift in US-Iranian Relations -- Neither Heroes nor Hostages. |
| Abstract |
"Using both English and Persian-language sources, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet outlines the evolving relationship between the U.S. and Iran from 1800 until 1988. Highlighting the oft-neglected impact of social and cultural changes on diplomatic developments, she offers a holistic history of two powerful countries' dynamic relationship"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781009322102 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022040996 |
| ISBN | 9781009322133 |
| ISBN | 9781009322096 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1009322095 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1009322133 |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
