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By Majd, Hoomanc2008., Doubleday Call No: 955.05 M233a Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The son of an Iranian diplomat and the grandson of an ayatollah grew up in exile, yet he also remained closely attached to his homeland. Majd's reports on his travels throughout Iran try to explain the economic, political, and social forces that lie at its heart, and to show the paradoxes of the Iranian character that have baffled Americans.
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By Secor, Laura2016., Adult, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books Call No: 955.05 S445c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1979, seemingly overnight, Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. But inside Iran, a breathtaking drama has unfolded as religious thinkers, political operatives, poets, journalists, and activists have imagined and reimagined what Iran should be. With more than a decade of experience reporting on, researching, and writing about Iran, Laura Secor narrates this unprecedented history as a story of individuals caught up in the slipstream of their time, seizing and wielding ideas powerful enough to shift their country's course as they wrestle with Iran's apparatus of violent repression.
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By Baer, Robertc2008., Crown Publishers Call No: 955.054 B141d Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view More... Summary Note: By mixing anecdotes with information gleaned from clandestine sources, ex-CIA operative Robert Baer superbly demonstrates that Iran, far from being a wild-eyed rogue state, is a rational actor--one skilled in the game of nations and so effective at thwarting perceived Western colonialism that even rival Sunnis relish fighting under its banner. For U.S. policy makers, the choices have narrowed: either cede the world's most important energy corridors to a nation that can match us militarily with its asymmetric capabilities (which include the use of suicide bombers)--or deal with the devil we know.--From publisher description.
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-- My life with the Shah, a memoir.c2004., Miramax Books Call No: Bio M6972f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2012., Adult, Scribner Call No: Fic Ami Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Princess Pari, the Shah's daughter and protégé, knows more about the inner workings of the state than almost anyone, but the princess's maneuvers to instill order after her father's sudden death incite resentment and dissent. Pari and her closest adviser, Javaher, a eunuch able to navigate the harem as well as the world beyond the palace walls, are in possession of an incredible tapestry of secrets and information that reveals a power struggle of epic proportions."-- Dust jacket.
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By Moin, Baqer2000., Thomas Dunne Books Call No: Bio K45m Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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The oil kings : how the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia changed the balance of power in the Middle Eastc2011., General, Simon & Schuster Call No: 327.73 C776o Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This is an account of an era we thought we knew: how the US decision in the mid-1970s to choose Saudi Arabia as the dominant oil power in the Mideast ultimately led to the Islamic revolution in Iran, and how oil came to dominate U.S. domestic and international affairs. The author draws on newly declassified documents and interviews with some key figures of the time to show how Nixon, Ford, Kissinger, the CIA, and the State and Treasury departments, as well as the Shah of Iran and the Saudi royal family, maneuvered to control events in the Middle East. He details the secret U.S.-Saudi plan to circumvent OPEC that destabilized the Shah; reveals how close the U.S. came to sending troops into the Persian Gulf to break the Arab oil embargo; and shows how the Ford Administration barely averted a European debt crisis that could have triggered a financial catastrophe in the U.S.
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c2010., General, Threshold Editions Call No: Bio K13t Edition: 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: This true spy thriller reveals the inner workings of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spied for the American government. It is a human story, a chronicle of family and friendships torn apart by a terror-mongering regime, and how the adult choices of three childhood mates during the Islamic Republic yielded divisive and tragic fates. And it is the courageous account of one man's decades-long commitment to lead a double life informing on the beloved country of his birth, a place that once offered the promise of freedom and enlightenment--but is instead ruled by murderous violence and spirit-crushing oppression.
