{"product_id":"9780817911348","title":"The Myth of the Great Satan: A New Look at America's Relations with Iran","description":"\u003cp\u003eIran's clerical regime has always partially defined itself in terms of its opposition to the United States. The regime's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, invoked the Qor'an to brand America the Great Satan, a term of both awe and animosity. Today, the regime and its self-serving narrative of U.S.-Iranian relations is facing their most serious challenges to date, amid a \"velvet revolution\" that has shaken clerical rules but has yet to bring about democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Myth of the Great Satan, Iran expert Abbas Milani examines the history of U.S.-Iran relations and debunks the myth that Iranian political turmoil is always American's doing. Milani demonstrates that the Great Satan myth, like all enduring stories, has some roots in reality-but he also shows how it has been used by the clerical regime to oversimplify and distort Iran's history. By establishing the realities of the complicated history of the two countries' entanglement, Malani says, we can puncture the myth-and aspire to the establishment of a new, normal relationship between the two longtime adversaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoover Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026637668592,"sku":"9780817911348","price":18.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817911348_p0.jpg?v=1763747941","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817911348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}