Going to Tehran
Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 478 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"Less than a decade after Washington endorsed a fraudulent case for invading Iraq, similarly misinformed and politically motivated claims are pushing America toward war with Iran. Today the stakes are even higher: such a war could break the back of America's strained superpower status. Challenging the daily clamor of U.S. saber rattling, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett argue that America should renounce thirty years of failed strategy and engage with Iran--just as Nixon revolutionized U.S. foreign policy by going to Beijing and realigning relations with China. Former analysts in both the Bush and Clinton administrations, the Leveretts offer a uniquely informed account of Iran as it actually is today, not as many have caricatured it or wished it to be. They show that Iran's political order is not on the verge of collapse, that most Iranians still support the Islamic Republic, and that Iran's regional influence makes it critical to progress in the Middle East. Drawing on years of research and access to high-level officials, Going to Tehran explains how Iran sees the world and why its approach to foreign policy is hardly the irrational behavior of a rogue nation. A bold call for new thinking, the Leveretts' indispensable work makes it clear that America must 'go to Tehran' if it is to avert strategic catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
ISBN:
0805094199 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GOV Diplomacy Lev | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.