The Myth of the Great Satan: A New Look at America's Relations with Iran [Hardcover]

This critical review of the history of America’s relations with Iran debunks the myth of the United States as the “Great Satan” as a necessary first step in establishing a new relationship between the two nations.

This critical review of the history of America’s relations with Iran shows how little of the  two countries’ long and complicated relationship is reflected in the foundational axioms of the “Great Satan” myth. The author explains why meaningful and equitable relations can begin only after the two nations have arrived at a common, critical, and accurate reading of the past.

Abbas Milani was born in Iran and educated in the United
States. He taught at Tehran University’s Faculty of Law and
Political Science until 1986. For many years he was the chair
of the Department of History and Political Science at Notre
Dame De Namur University. Since 2002 he has been at Stanford
University, where he co-directs the Iran Democracy Project
at the Hoover Institution; since 2005 he has been the
Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies
at Stanford. He has published more than twenty books, numerous
articles, and monographs in both Persian and English.
His memoir,Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir(Mage
Publisher) was a San Francisco Chronicle best seller; his translation
of his ownPersian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the
Riddle of the Iranian Revolutionwent through more than
twenty printings before being banned by the Iranian regime
in February 2010. HisEminent Persians: The Men and Women
Who Made Modern Iran, 1941–1979(Syracuse University
Press, 2009) offers biographical sketches of 150 of modern
Iran’s most influential artists, politicians, and entrepreneurs.
His work has been translated into many languages. HisPeacock
Prince, a Political Life of the SlóW