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Confronting Iran
Ali M. Ansari
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Description for Confronting Iran
Hardcover. Presents an account of a potential flashpoint between the Muslim world and the West following the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear programme that provoked a major crisis in its relations with the US and other Western powers. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
The Islamic Republic of Iran's ongoing nuclear programme has provoked a major and menacing crisis in its relations with the US and other Western powers. Ali Ansari, a Briton of Iranian origin, argues that the crisis is a symptom of broader, long-term fissures in US-Iranian relations, and in Confronting Iran he seeks to disentangle the myths that are at the bottom of this gulf in understanding which is compounded by the nature of the two states, their foreign policy establishments and the fraught history of their relations since the 1979 revolution. Ansari reviews the historical antecedents of the crisis, in ... Read more
The Islamic Republic of Iran's ongoing nuclear programme has provoked a major and menacing crisis in its relations with the US and other Western powers. Ali Ansari, a Briton of Iranian origin, argues that the crisis is a symptom of broader, long-term fissures in US-Iranian relations, and in Confronting Iran he seeks to disentangle the myths that are at the bottom of this gulf in understanding which is compounded by the nature of the two states, their foreign policy establishments and the fraught history of their relations since the 1979 revolution. Ansari reviews the historical antecedents of the crisis, in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850658092
SKU
V9781850658092
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About Ali M. Ansari
Ali M. Ansari is Reader in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews, and Associate Fellow of the Middle East programme with reference to Iran at Chatham House, London. He is the author of The History of Modern Iran since 1921 (2003).
Reviews for Confronting Iran
'In his brilliant new book, Confronting Iran, Ali Ansari portrays the growing secularisation of Iranian society as an unstoppable force.'
The Guardian
'A lively and rewarding read.'
The Economist
'Ansari's book A... may help to dissolve those images of mad ayatollahs armed with nuclear weapons raging through the Middle East.'
Times Literary Supplement
'It ... Read more
The Guardian
'A lively and rewarding read.'
The Economist
'Ansari's book A... may help to dissolve those images of mad ayatollahs armed with nuclear weapons raging through the Middle East.'
Times Literary Supplement
'It ... Read more