Kinzer, Stephen.

Contents: Good evening, Mr. Roosevelt -- Curse this fate -- The last drop of the nation's blood -- A wave of oil -- His master's orders -- Unseen enemies everywhere -- You do not know how evil they are -- An immensely shrewd old man -- Block headed British -- Pull up your socks and get going -- I knew it! : they love me! -- Purring like a giant cat.

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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 2003

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Crist, David.

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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012

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Rovin, Jeff

Summary: "In this chilling new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series, simmering tensions threaten to ignite when a silo of Cold War missiles surfaces in the Middle East. In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent a convoy of nuclearmissiles to Cuba. The crisis that followed almost triggered World War III. However, while all eyes were on the Caribbean, not all of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2018

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Bowden, Mark

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2006

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Ghazvinian, John H. (John Hossein)

Summary: "A history of the relationship between Iran and America from the 1700s through the current day"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.55 GHA

Wright, Robert A. (Robert Anthony)

Summary: Puts newly unclassified documents to use in recounting how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor hid six Americans who had slipped out a side door and gathered intelligence for the U.S. government during the Iran Hostage Crisis.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2011

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Kinzer, Stephen.

Summary: What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Kinzer provides a penetrating, timely critique of America's approach to the world's most volatile region, and offers a startling alternative.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2010

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Sick, Gary

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1985

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Solomon, Jay

Summary: This is the deeply reported, riveting account of a war waged on many levels--military, financial, covert--that most don't realize America has been engaged in for years. For over a decade, against the backdrop of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Far East, the United States and Iran have been engaged in a conflict as significant as it is hidden from view. Using a combination of economic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016

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Leverett, Flynt Lawrence.

Summary: "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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2013

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Farber, David.

Summary: A behind-the-scenes examination of the Iran Hostage Crisis paints a portrait of the events leading up to the ordeal as a means for understanding it, drawing parallels to the current war on terrorism. A timely and revealing history of America's first engagement with terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2004

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Coll, Steve

Summary: "From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024

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Summary: Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Typecast Releasing 2007

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2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IRA

Summary: Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. The principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq. As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007

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Summary: Insiders' observations of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation, featuring commentary from high-ranking officials, Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the U.S. policy decisions surrounding the invasion and their consequences in Iraq, including such issues as low U.S. troop levels, the uncontrolled looting of Baghdad, the purging of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007

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Summary: Marred by an over-reliance on stock footage, this documentary attempts to link the United States insatiable appetite for oil as the chief trigger of the war in Iraq. After making some frightening if familiar points about increasing oil consumption and diminishing reserves is unfortunately veers off into discussions of radioactive depleted uranium rounds in Afghanistan, the privatization of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free-Will Productions 2004

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