Understanding the US-Iran crisis
Subtitle: a primer
By: by Phyllis Bennis.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Olive Branch Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781566567312
Subjects: Nuclear arms control -- Iran; Middle East -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Middle East; United States -- Relations -- Iran; Iran -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Description: "The Bush administration spent years threatening Iran - for its alleged nuclear ambitions, support for terrorism, and ambitions in the Middle East - and war has often seemed only a step away. How did relations between the US and Iran come to be in this state? Are these dire claims even true? Is Iran in fact a serious threat? This primer provides an essential history and analysis of US - Iranian relations. Bennis's illuminating discussion responds to calls for aggression toward Iran with alternative strategies for defusing the crisis. This book is invaluable for anyone trying to prevent a new war in the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: The current crisis; title: Part II: A short history of recent US-Iran relations; title: Part III: Alternatives to war and what do we do; title: Who says don't attack Iran?.