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Targeting Iran

by Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian · 2007

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Iran and the United States are on a collision course. David Barsamian presents the perspectives of four experts on Iran who discuss the 1953 CIA coup and the rise of the Islamic regime, Iran's internal dynamics and competing forces, relations with Iraq and Afghanistan, and the consequences of US policy.

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Ervand Abrahamianauthored Iran Between Two Revolutions.

Noam Chomsky's most recent book is Failed States.

Nahid Mozaffariedited the The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature.

David Barsamian's books include Imperial Ambitionswith Noam Chomsky and Original Zinnwith Howard Zinn.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMiddle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of thisIranIranMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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