{"product_id":"america-and-iran-a-history-1720-to-the-present","title":"America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAmerica and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Ghazvinian\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307472380\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e - A hugely ambitious, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"delightfully readable, genuinely informative\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eportrait (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and America--two powers who were once allies and now adversaries\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eby an admired historian and former journalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this rich, fascinating history, John Ghazvinian traces the complex story of the relations between these two nations back to the Persian Empire of the eighteenth century--the subject of great admiration by Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams--and an America seen by Iranians as an ideal to emulate for their own government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on years of archival research both in the United States and Iran--including access to Iranian government archives rarely available to Western scholars--the Iranian-born, Oxford-educated historian leads us through the four seasons of U.S.-Iran relations: the spring of mutual fascination; the summer of early interactions; the autumn of close strategic ties; and the long, dark winter of mutual hatred. Ghazvinian makes clear where, how, and when it all went wrong. \u003ci\u003eAmerica and Iran \u003c\/i\u003eshows why two countries that once had such heartfelt admiration for each other became such committed enemies--and why it didn't have to turn out this way.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present | John Ghazvinian | Quality | 9780307472380 | New | History 1348234","offer_id":50557783245058,"sku":"1348234","price":37.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41FQse8jjxL.jpg?v=1790640578","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/america-and-iran-a-history-1720-to-the-present","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}