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A history of Iran predicts its eventual cultural and military dominance in the Middle East while illuminating factors commonly misunderstood by the West, including the oppression of its citizens and their negative regard of western policy.
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William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becomingthe 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.
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