The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis

by Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer (Foreword)

This book provides an invaluable insight into the contradictions that drive U.S. policy toward Iran. It is helpful in dissecting the trite, politically motivated threat assessments of Iran's nuclear program and its alleged support of international terrorism.

Genres: Middle East, Nonfiction, History

226 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Provided a nice historical background of the US v Iran situation and a good discussion of the complicated relationships that have developed. While the foreword talks of being an objective review, it reads very opinionated from a view of the US government is always lying to the public. Approaching this book from the middle ground when reading, I think there is a lot of valuable information to glean, just a decent amount of assumptions that aren’t resolved in the book to prove the government was wrong or that this book was right.

[عمر الحمادي · Rating 3 out of 5]

الكتاب مناسب للقارئ الذي لا يعيش في الشرق الأوسط ويريد معرفة بعض جذور النظام السياسي في إيران.

[Ladan F · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to know the truth about Middle east, then this is a good book to read with lots of references.

[katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another one from my Nukes pile that I am finally making myself read.

This one is good as a quick overview of Iranian history and policy, especially good at establishing all the various players in and out of Iran. It's dated at this point, since a lot has happened since 2006, but that's my fault for not reading it in a timely fashion!

I got this copy when Erlich came to Portland for events with our peace organizations and he signed it for me as well.

[Mahbod · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for anyone who's interested in the situation in Iran.

[nawal alshehhi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hi

Nice book to read and enjoy about what is going on around you politically. So interesting to understand some unknown facts