{"product_id":"retargeting-iran-9780872868045","title":"Retargeting Iran","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timely primer on the conflict between the United States and Iran by scholars of Middle Eastern politics who advocate diplomacy and de-escalation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States and Iran seem to be permanently locked in a dangerous cycle of brinkmanship and violence. Both countries have staged cyber attacks and recently shot down one another's aircraft. Why do both countries seem intent on escalation? Why did the U.S. abandon the nuclear deal (which, according to the UN, was working)? Where can Washington and Tehran find common ground? To address these questions and the political and historical forces at play, David Barsamian presents the perspectives of Iran scholars Ervand Abrahamian, Noam Chomsky, Nader Hashemi, Azadeh Moaveni, and Trita Parsi. A follow-up to the previously published \u003cem\u003eTargeting Iran\u003c\/em\u003e, this timely book continues to affirm the goodwill between Iranian and American people, even as their respective governments clash on the international stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eReTargeting Iran: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Q\u0026amp;A format about the continued demonization of Iran by the U.S.,  David] Barsamian gets at the key to the deterioration of the relationship between the two nations. ...  T]he discussion is astute and relevant.--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA necessary and timely education on one of the most politically fraught and historically significant relationships of our time. I devoured these smart, insightful interviews with five important Iran scholars, about the struggle between two countries that have both been our home.--\u003cstrong\u003eDina Nayeri\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis little book contains more wisdom about Iran than exists in the White House, Congress, the State Department, and the Pentagon combined. Anyone who wants to understand the world's most misunderstood country will find no better source.--\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Kinzer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eAll the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany journalists and academics have written books about Iran. But \u003cem\u003eReTargeting Ira\u003c\/em\u003en fills an important gap, a book sharply critical of U.S. policy and the Iranian government. David Barsamian provides timely interviews with major analysts that sets the record straight. It's a highly accessible read and a great introduction to the U.S.-Iran conflict.--\u003cstrong\u003eReese Erlich\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story Inside Iran and What's Wrong with U.S. Policy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReTargeting Iran\u003c\/em\u003e is a facts-only objective account of where America has gone wrong, stupidly wrong--yet again--in its foreign policy, dominated by a mythical belief that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program. All one needs to know about the threat is this: as of mid-2020, the United States had no less than thirty-five military bases, manned by 65,000 soldiers, ready go to war in the nations immediately surrounding our feared adversary.--\u003cstrong\u003eSeymour M. Hersh\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eReporter: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12914179\"\u003eDavid Barsamian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872868045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872868044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL059000\"\u003eWorld | Middle Eastern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL001000\"\u003eInternational Relations | Arms Control\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL062000\"\u003eGeopolitics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Barsamian\u003c\/strong\u003e has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio--now in its 33rd year--and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His latest books are with Noam Chomsky: \u003cem\u003eGlobal Discontents: Rising Threats to Democracy \u003c\/em\u003eand Edward Said: \u003cem\u003eCulture and Resistance.\u003c\/em\u003e He lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media and global rebellions. David Barsamian is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy. He has collaborated with the world-renowned Kronos Quartet in events in New York, London, Vienna, San Francisco and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErvand Abrahamian\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics at Baruch College, City University of New York. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eIran Between Two Revolutions, A History of Modern Iran\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato, and Freud. The legendary MIT professor is a major contributor to the field of linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field, he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is \"America's greatest intellectual,\" who \"makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.\" He is Institute Professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. Age 91 at the time of this book's interview, he is still active. He is the author of scores of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNader Hashemi\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. His articles appear in the\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and other newspapers and journals. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe People Reloaded\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Syria Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAzadeh Moaveni\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist, writer, and academic who has been covering the Middle East for over two decades. She started reporting in Cairo in 1999, while on a Fulbright fellowship to the American University in Cairo. For the next several years she reported from throughout the region as Middle East correspondent for \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, based in Tehran, but also covering Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eLipstick Jihad\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Honeymoon in Tehran\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author, with Shirin Ebadi, of \u003cem\u003eIran Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e. In November 2015, she published a front-page article in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e on ISIS women defectors that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. Her writing appears in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. She teaches journalism at NYU in London, has been a fellow at the New America Foundation, and is now Senior Gender Analyst at the International Crisis Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrita Parsi\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote his doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. 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