Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad

Polk, William R.

ISBN 10: 023061678X / ISBN 13: 9780230616783

Published by Palgrave Macmillan / St. Martin's Press, New York, 2009

About this Item

First edition: November 2009, stated; first printing, full number line. Signed by the author on the front endpaper: "William R. Polk." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $25.00); a vertical crease down the middle of the front panel, possibly a printer's error; Brodart protected.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan / St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 023061678X
• ISBN 13: 9780230616783
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.

About the Author

William R. Polk established the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, was president of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, and helped to organize the "Table Ronde" meeting that laid the groundwork for the European Union. He was called back to the White House briefly during the 1967 Middle Eastern War to write a draft Peace Treaty and to act as advisor to U.S. National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy.