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  • Understanding Iran

  • Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
  • Written by: William R. Polk
  • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Understanding Iran

Written by: William R. Polk
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East.

A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian, and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being.
©2009, 2016 William R. Polk (P)2020 Tantor
History & Theory Middle East
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It is complicated

The author does a comprehensive analysis of the American policy on Iran. There were policy errors but , as in many other regions, the problems were created by the british.
The author is extremely soft on the islamic regime in Iran. That is sad and short sighted.
The author, as also most american and european policy clerks, fail to see the dangers of political and radical islam. This is not limited to just the leaders of such regimes, but also permeates the general population. Because of such flawed policies, european society is being decimated and north america is gradually following.

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