As the world watches the escalating tension between Iran and American over Iran’s nuclear program, Rear Vision asks why it is that these two nations distrust each other so much: the story of a very difficult relationship.
Guests:
David Patrikarakos, Author of the forth coming book Nuclear Iran: the birth of an Atomic State
Trita Parsi, Founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States and Single Roll of the Dice - Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran.
Stephen Kinzer, Veteran New York Times journalist and author
Charles Kurzman, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina
Shaul Bakhash, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, at George Mason University.
Publications:
Title: Treacherous Alliance - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and The United States
Author: Trita Parsi
Publisher: Yale University Press
Title: A Single Role of the dice Obama’s diplomacy with Iran
Author: Trita Parsi
Publisher: Yale University Press 2012
Title: Nuclear Iran: the birth of an Atomic State
Author: David Patrikarakos
Publisher: Due out later in 2012
Title: The Politics of Oil and Revolution in Iran
Author: Shaul Bakhash
Publisher: Brookings Institution (1983)
Title: Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Author: Stephen Kinzer
Publisher: John Wiley 2003
Title: Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution
Author: Shaul Bakhash
Publisher: Unwin 1986
Title: The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran
Author: Charles Kurzman
Publisher: Harvard University Press 2004