سیاست خارجی آمریکا و انقلاب ایران فارسی 1397

This book provides a new perspective on the roots of the US-Iran confrontation. This shows that, contrary to Iranian leaders' claims, there was no instinctive American hostility to the revolution, and explains why many of the assumptions guiding US policy were ill-suited to confronting the new reality in Iran. An impressive and readable book - Chris Emery's every page provides information and analysis of Iran-US relations that avoids simplistic judgments and instead offers thoughtful insight. It will become the definitive work on America's strained and often disastrous relationship with the fledgling Islamic Republic and is equally relevant to those thinking about the cautious maneuvering between Washington and Tehran today. This book provides a much-needed and unbiased analysis of the strategic and domestic pressures driving the United States' engagement with Iran. A book that members of the Obama administration should read in order to continue interacting with Iran. The core of the book, American Foreign Policy, and the Iranian Revolution, is a dense, detailed, and nuanced analytical account of the government's efforts to develop better relations with Iran. He sorts out divergent judgments among managers and their advisors, as well as historiographical differences among scholars, acknowledging the challenges of engagement and elucidating points of contention. ... The value of the book lies in the clarity of his exposition, the precision with which he constructs his arguments and the fairness with which he acknowledges not only the views of those with whom he disagrees but also the challenges that policymakers faced.