Iran and America since 1600

FAIN: FT-61714-14

John Ghazvinian
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205)

Children of the Revolution, to be published by Knopf in 2015, is the first book to tell the story of America's long and complicated relationship with Iran using both Iranian and American archival sources. From 2007-2009, during the course of three research trips to Tehran, I was able to secure access to the official archives of Iran’s Foreign Ministry--access never before given to a scholar from outside Iran. The information obtained during those trips has been combined with other Iranian and US archival sources, such as newspapers, oral histories, memoirs, etc. The result, when completed, will be a definitive new history of US-Iran relations, covering such topics as early colonial American impressions of Persia, 19th-century missionaries, the influence of Persian themes on Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, early American oil exploration in Iran, the wartime Allied occupation of Iran, the 1953 coup, the 1979-81 hostage crisis, and recent disputes over Iran's nuclear program.

Associated Products

AMERICA AND IRAN: A History, 1720 to the Present (Book)
Title: AMERICA AND IRAN: A History, 1720 to the Present
Author: John Ghazvinian
Abstract: Drawing on years of archival research both in the United States and Iran – including access to Iranian government archives rarely available to Western scholars – the book leads us through the four seasons of U.S.-Iran relations: the “spring” of mutual fascination; the “summer” of early interactions; the “autumn” of close strategic ties; and the long, dark “winter” of mutual hatred.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/59417/america-and-iran-by-john-ghazvinian/?ref=PRHA48064582D&aid=33611&linkid=PRHA48064582D
Publisher: Knopf
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780307271815
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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