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Starting with "U.S. support for the Iraqis during the 1980s Iraq–Iran War", the book argues that with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ending of the Cold War, Americans saved the CIA by giving it a new reason to exist, the new threat posed by the combination of "weapons of mass destruction" and "terror". [5]
The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War is a non-fiction book by former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Officer John Kiriakou and investigative journalist and historian Gareth Porter about America's behavior and actions during four decades with Iran. [1] The book was published by Simon & Schuster ...
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23,323 books for the blind, including books-on-tape, books-on-CD, and around 1,000 Braille books; 775 magazines for the blind and visually impaired; 55,000 old books, including 28,158 manuscripts and more than 26,000 lithographs featuring old lead printing; An Iranian Studies collection that includes 80,410 books, 2,300 dissertations, and 6000 ...
The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics, and Economic Policy in Iran; Shi'i Reformation in Iran: The Life and Theology of Shari'at Sangelaji; Shiism and Constitutionalism in Iran; The Silk Roads; The Story of the Daughters of Quchan; Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics
M. E. Yapp wrote: "with all its imperfections, Abrahamian's book is the most interesting and exciting book on the recent history of Iran which has appeared for many years." [40] Zabih was more reserved: "this work is a significant addition to the literature on some aspects of the Iranian communist movement. The author is well versed in the ...
The Abadan Crisis was a major event in the history and development of modern Iran. The crisis began in 1951 after the Iranian government, under the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the British owned Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including the Abadan Refinery.
Whirlwind is a novel by James Clavell, first published in 1986.It forms part of the Asian Saga and is chronologically the last book in the series.. Set in Iran in early 1979, it follows the fortunes of a group of Struan's helicopter pilots, Iranian officials and oil men and their families in the turmoil surrounding the fall of the Iranian monarchy and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini.