America and Iran : a history, 1720 to the present / John Ghazvinian.
TITLE:
America and Iran : a history, 1720 to the present / John Ghazvinian.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf,
Edition:
First edtion.
Physical Description:
xviii, 667 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-629) and index.
Summary:
In this rich, fascinating history, John Ghazvinian traces the complex story of the relations of these two powers back to the Persian Empire of the eighteenth century--the subject of great admiration of Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams--and an America seen by Iranians as an ideal to emulate for their own government.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307271815
