{"product_id":"iran-and-the-united-states-a-cold-war-case-study-9780822954071","title":"Iran and the United States: A Cold War Case Study","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIran and the United States: A Cold War Case Study\u003c\/strong\u003e by Cottam, Richard W.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780822954071.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Cottam served in the U.S. embassy in Tehran from 1956 to 1958 and was consulted by the Department of State during the 1979 hostage crisis. This book draws upon his expert personal knowledge of Iranian politics to describe the spiraling decline of U.S.-Iranian relations since the cold war and the political consequences of those years U.S. policy, he argues, is flawed by ignorance, inertia, the tenacity of a cold war mentality, a quixotic tilt toward Iraq, and the blatant inconsistency of the Reagan administrations arms-for-hostages scheme that produced the Iran-contra scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256822521909,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822954079","price":83.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822954071_64351940-9149-4e17-88cc-6c347c2c894d.jpg?v=1779962686","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/iran-and-the-united-states-a-cold-war-case-study-9780822954071","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}