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Author:

Crist, David.

Title:

The twilight war : the secret history of America's thirty-year conflict with Iran / David Crist.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

638 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Military relations--Iran.
Iran--Military relations--United States.
Espionage, American--History.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Espionage, Iranian--History.
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [576]-623) and index.

Contents:

Map of Iran -- "A Little King in Your Heart" -- "A New Grand Strategy" -- Barbed Wire Bob -- A Den of Spies -- "A Fig Leaf of Neutrality" -- Sharon's Grand Design -- A Spectacular Action -- The American Hamlet -- Arms for the Ayatollah -- Sleepy Hollow -- A Ring on the American Finger -- The Wake-up Call -- The Invisible Hand of God -- A Window of Opportunity -- The Night Stalkers -- A Very Close Call -- No Higher Honor -- Goodbye Captain Nasty -- The Terrible Climax -- Goodwill Begets Goodwill -- War or Peace -- An Atrocity -- An Axis of Evil -- Defeat or Victory -- The Freedom Agenda -- A Quasi War.

Summary:

Reveals the covert operations that have brought the United States and Iran to the brink of open war, including Iran's proposal for peace after 9/11, which was rejected by President Bush, and Iran's secret army in post-U.S. invasion Iraq.

ISBN:

1594203415
9781594203411

OCLC:

(OCoLC)758386910

LCCN:

2011050573

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