The Persian Puzzle The Conflict Between Iran and America

Foreword by Strobe Talbott

List of Maps

Introduction: The Persistence of Memory

1. From Persepolis to the Pahlavis

2. Reza the Great

3. The Ugly Americans

4. The Last Shah

5. Come the Revolution

6. America Held Hostage

7. At War with the World

8. The Imam's Legacy

9. Collision Course

10. To the Brink

11. The Ecstacy and the Agony

12. Coming Full Circle

13. Toward a New Iran Policy

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index