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GCDS-9780872864580 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100424000 02 0872864588 03 9780872864580 15 9780872864580 BC 01 310 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText language="eng">City Lights Open Media</TitleText> <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>Targeting Iran</TitleText> 1 A01 Barsamian, David David Barsamian David Barsamian is director of Alternative Radio and author of many interview books, including Targeting Iran. One of America's most tireless and wide-ranging journalists, he has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio program and with his books, with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Edward Said, Eqbal Ahmad, and Arundhati Roy. His articles and interviews appear in The Progessive, The Sun, and other magazines and journals.www.alternativeradio.org 2 A01 Abrahamian, Ervand Ervand Abrahamian Ervand Abrahamian received his B.A. and M.A. at Oxford University, and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. As an American born in Iran and raised in England, he is well qualified by education and experience to teach world and Middle East history. He has published Iran Between Two Revolutions, The Iranian Mojahedin, Khomeinism, Tortured Confessions, and Inventing the Axis of Evil. He teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center, and has taught at Princeton, New York University, and Oxford University. He is currently working on two books: one on The CIA Coup in Iran; and another, A History of Modern Iran, for Cambridge University Press. source: www.baruch.cuny.edu 3 A01 Chomsky, Noam Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned author, linguist, and advocate for democracy. He is the critically acclaimed author of many books, including Hegemony or Survival, Imperial Ambitions, Failed States, Manufacturing Consent, and Media Control. He lives in Massachusetts where he is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. 4 A01 Mozaffari, Nahid Nahid Mozaffari Nahid Mozaffari has taught Middle Eastern history at the New School in New York, and at Cabot University in Rome, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University. She concentrated on the modern history of the Middle East with special attention to social and political movements and intellectuals. Her dissertation is a study of the struggle for cultural and political modernism in the context of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1906-1911). It is being revised for publication. Nahid has taught a variety of courses on the history, culture, politics and literature of the Middle East and North Africa at various universities in the United States and Europe. Her teaching experience includes seminars on women and gender issues in the region, and histories of Muslim immigration in Europe. Nahid is a consultant at PEN and other non-governmental organizations, focusing on the defense of writers’ and publishers’ rights and on making Middle Eastern literature more accessible to the general reading public in the United States and Europe. For the last 15 years, Nahid has directed a large project for PEN - to study the current state of writers and literature in Iran and to select, translate and edit anthologies, novels, collections of short stories and poetry for publication in English. One of PEN’s goals is to present western society with positive literary artwork from Iranian writers. An anthology Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature was published by Arcade Publishing in early 2005, and several novels and short story collections are being published in 2007 and 2008. Sources include: www.pen.org, and h07.cgpublisher.com 01 eng 144 01 Watch David Barsamian's interview on <a target="blank" href="http://blip.tv/file/2245526">GRITtv with Laura Flanders</a> about Iran's controversial election results. Iran and the United States are on a collision course. David Barsamian presents the perspectives of three experts on Iran who discuss the 1953 CIA coup and the rise of the Islamic regime; Iran's internal dynamics and competing forces; relations with Iraq and Afghanistan; and the consequences of U.S. policy."This slim book is heavy with historical and cultural background that doesn't often find its way into news accounts; it's a great primer on a simmering conflict." - Publishers Weekly"Insightful, timely, and laced with rich historical perspective, Targeting Iran presents a bracing exploration of Iran's current place in the world, and its tangled relationship with the West. These fascinating interviews capture Iran's complexity and illuminate the morning's headlines." - Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran 02 Iran and the United States are on a collision course. David Barsamian presents the perspectives of three experts on Iran, offering an invaluable primer on the U.S.-Iran conflict. 08 "Targeting Iran is concise and cogent, essential reading for anyone who wants to learn about Iran." Tim Llewellyn, former BBC Middle East correspondent, journalist and author 08 "A valuable book in that it covers, in less than 200 pages, many of the essential questions regarding the geopolitics of the Islamic Republic and the ominous specter of a U.S. military attack on Iran." -Danny Postel Fellowship of Reconciliation 08 "Targeting Iran . . . goes a long way in deflating the current rhetoric while providing some context and understanding for the current spiral of antagonism and drift toward confrontation . . . [T]he book offers some important perspectives on the renewed threats emanating from Washington and the realities of present day Iran." —Allen Ruff Against the Current 08 “Targeting Iran, a recently published book by journalist and author David Barsamian, offers critical insight into Iranian society and the geo-political battles being fought over the country's growing military power….Barsamian provides historical insight often removed from the mainstream media coverage surrounding Iran and historical perspectives that provide for a deeper understanding toward contemporary Iran….Targeting Iran is a fascinating read because it addresses contemporary politics in Iran with the subtle complexities that aren't found in mainstream political discourse. The book is perhaps a call for a meaningful exchange with contemporary Iranian society and culture.” — Stefan Christoff Hour 08 "Targeting Iran feels like sitting in on a series of riveting seminars by top experts. . . . You will find profound insight into the complex Republic of Iran in a conversational and easy-to-read format. I finished the book enlightened - which is more than I can say after watching the news."-T. Tamara Weinstein Feminist Review 08 "Insightful, timely, and laced with rich historical perspective, Targeting Iran presents a bracing exploration of Iran’s current place in the world, and its tangled relationship with the West. These fascinating interviews capture Iran’s complexity and illuminate the morning’s headlines." Azadeh Moaveni, author of "Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran" 08 Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio and coauthor of Imperial Delusions, has produced a highly informative book that examines the U.S.-Iran standoff through interviews with Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian and Nahid Mozaffari. Topics of discussion range from the U.S.-backed 1953 coup to poetry in the years after the Islamic revolution, but the exposition of why Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks Iran has the upper hand and the prospects for and likely consequences of a U.S. military strike in Iran are some of the most powerful portions of the book. "Both sides are playing brinksmanship," claims Abrahamian. One of the central conclusions is that the U.S. and Iran are teetering precipitously on the edge of another war that neither side can afford to participate in. In Barsamian's (and his interviewees') view, the best hope for a bloodless conclusion to the current standoff is for the US to approach Iran without demanding it submit to American demands before they even reach the bargaining table. This slim book is heavy with historical and cultural background that doesn't often find its way into news accounts; it's a great primer on a simmering conflict. Publishers Weekly 08 "David Barsamian is widely known in progressive circles for his interviews with prominent intellectuals on a wide range of political issues. In this volume, he presents three 2007 interviews with longstanding critic of US foreign policy Noam Chomsky and two Iranian- born professors of Middle Eastern history, Ervand Abrahamian and Nahid Mozaffari, on US-Iranian relations and the possibility that the US government may attack Iran over its nuclear energy program or on some other grounds. Barsamian and his interlocutors aim to provide critical background omitted from the US media when policy towards Iran is discussed, such as the decades-long support for the hated dictatorship of Shah Reza Pahlevi, and to introduce a more nuanced picture of Iranian society than typically understood by the average American." Book News Inc. 08 ". . . Barsamian’s listeners and readers know what to expect: clear, straightforward questions, often preceded by some background information. . . sowing insight into the intricacies and complications of a region that has long suffered in the hands of those worshipping at the altars of oversimplification, trivialization, decontextualization et al. . . Always at ease and at his best with Barsamian, Chomsky pulls out examples and arguments from his memory with the skill of a seasoned magician pulling out all kinds of objects from a hat and leaving the audience at awe." —Khatchig Mouradian ZNet 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100424000/images/87286100424000L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100424000/images/87286100424000S.gif http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100424000 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20070601 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20070601 01 02 11.95 USD