My turn to speak :

Banī-Ṣadr, Abu-'l-Ḥasan

My turn to speak : Iran, the revolution & secret deals with the U.S. / Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr; Jean-Charles Deniau; L. Bruce Laingen. - Washington : Brassey's (US), ©1991.

Translation of: Le complot des ayatollahs.
Includes index.

An evolving regime. -A strange form of Islam. -Reagan and Khomeini: the agreement. -Reagan short-circuits Carter. -Face-off with the mullahs. -Old acquaintances: Saddam Hussein and Khomeini. -War: a blessing for the mullahs. -Toward confrontation with Khomeini. -Toward perpetual war: July 1981-July 1982. -1982-1985: Khomeini pulls the strings. -The regime vacillates. Irangate exposed. -Khomeini swallows the poison of defeat.

Includes material on Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, the "October Surprise" controversy, and the Ayatollah Khomeini.

9780080405636


Iran-Iraq War--Diplomatic history. --1980-1988
Iran--Politics and government --1979-1997.
United States --Foreign relations--Iran.

DS318.85 / .B3613 1991