In his highly influential book "The Threatening Storm," bestselling
author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national
debate about Iraq. Now, in "The Persian Puzzle," published to
coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage
crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous
relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options
for the future.
Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council
official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the
long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran,
beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American
embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in
U.S.-Iran relations-including the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt
toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal,
American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert
Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that
culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi
Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq.
He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian
perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both
countries' leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies
over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various
stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new
dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one
side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short.
With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United
States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is
critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic
political choices are available as we deal with this important but
deeply troubled country.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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