Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-10-16
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0312368259
ISBN-13: 9780312368258
With lucid analysis and engaging storytelling, USA Today senior diplomatic correspondent Barbara Slavin portrays the complex love-hate relationship between Iran and the United States. She takes into account deeply imbedded cultural habits and political goals to illuminate a struggle that promises to remain a headline story over the next decade. In this fascinating look, Slavin provides details of thwarted efforts at reconciliation under both the Clinton and Bush presidencies and opportunities rebuffed by the Bush administration in its belief that invading Iraq would somehow weaken Iran’s...