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Heroes to Hostages : America and Iran, 1800-1988 by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet (2023, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009322133

ISBN-139781009322133

eBay Product ID (ePID)9058366265

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Book TitleHeroes to Hostages : America and Iran, 1800-1988

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicWorld / General

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science

AuthorFiroozeh Kashani-Sabet

Book SeriesThe Global Middle East Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Professor Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet analyses and historicises the broken bridges within the US-Iranian relationship. She weaves a story that is both personal and political, rich in detail and insight that is placed within a broader Middle Eastern scope. The book challenges stereotypes of Iran and Islam, moves away from simplistic explanations for the present, and holds governments and leaders on both sides accountable. She restores humanity in history and seeks common ground from which some mutual understanding can emerge.' Rowena Abdul Razak, London School of Economics

Dewey Decimal327.73055

Table Of ContentPreface; A note on transliteration; Introduction; Part I. Uncertain Overtures (1796-1914): 1. Pluralist Persia: a land of many religions; 2. The portals of Persepolis: Persian antiquity and American curiosity; 3. A martyr and many masters: America and Iranian constitutionalism; Part II. Desultory Mordernities (1914-1941): 4. Iran in transition: war, famine, and recovery, 1914-1925; 5. Flirting with secular modernity: America and social change in Iran, 1925-1939; 6. Investing in Iran: frontiers and foreign competition, 1925-1939; Part III. Cataclysms (1941-1963): 7. Unwelcome visitors: the occupation of Iran during World War II; 8. Subverting sovereignty: the politics of oil; 9. Roots of revenge: cultural flux and specters of violence; Part IV. A Troubled Middle East (1960-1979): 10. The anti-Aryan moment: decolonization, race, and human rights; 11. A political minefield: Iran between Israel and pan-Arabism; 12. The Shah's fight for hegemony: from the Persian Gulf to the Vietnam war; Part V. The Schism (1978-1988): 13. The picketers come of age: from civil disobedience to armed protest; 14. Burning bridges: revolution and the rift in US-Iranian relations; 15. Neither heroes nor hostages.

SynopsisIt is easy to forget, given the oppositional dynamic between Iran and the United States of the last 50 years, that these two countries once shared productive partnership. Tracing US-Iran relations over two turbulent centuries, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet considers when and how this relationship went awry. With careful attention to social and cultural as well as diplomatic developments, Kashani-Sabet shows that the rift did not originate in flashpoints of crisis, like the 1953 coup or the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but was instead long in the making. Drawing from a wealth of English and Persian-language sources, many of which were previously unavailable or unacknowledged, this book considers the relationship from the vantage point of Iranian society and the experiences of an evolving Iran that strived to accommodate American and great power politics. Following these two nations through wars, decolonization, and revolution, Kashani-Sabet presents an invaluable history of a diplomatic rivalry that informs geopolitics to this day., 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.

LC Classification NumberE183.8.I55K374 2023