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008 121107s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012036700
020 $a9780805094190 (hardback)
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050 00 $aE183.8.I55$bL47 2013
082 00 $a327.73055$223
084 $aPOL000000$aHIS026000$aPOL011010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLeverett, Flynt Lawrence.
245 10 $aGoing to Tehran :$bwhy the United States must come to terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran /$cFlynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett.
250 $aFirst U.S. Edition
264 1 $aNew York :$bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,$c2013.
300 $a478 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Less than a decade after Washington endorsed a fraudulent case for invading Iraq, similarly misinformed and politically motivated claims are pushing America toward war with Iran. Today the stakes are even higher: such a war could break the back of America's strained superpower status. Challenging the daily clamor of U.S. saber rattling, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett argue that America should renounce thirty years of failed strategy and engage with Iran--just as Nixon revolutionized U.S. foreign policy by going to Beijing and realigning relations with China. Former analysts in both the Bush and Clinton administrations, the Leveretts offer a uniquely informed account of Iran as it actually is today, not as many have caricatured it or wished it to be. They show that Iran's political order is not on the verge of collapse, that most Iranians still support the Islamic Republic, and that Iran's regional influence makes it critical to progress in the Middle East. Drawing on years of research and access to high-level officials, Going to Tehran explains how Iran sees the world and why its approach to foreign policy is hardly the irrational behavior of a rogue nation. A bold call for new thinking, the Leveretts' indispensable work makes it clear that America must "go to Tehran" if it is to avert strategic catastrophe"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIran.
651 0 $aIran$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aLeverett, Hillary Mann.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/190/9780805094190/image/lgcover.9780805094190.jpg