| Ruhi Ramazani is widely considered the dean of Iranian foreign policy study,having spent the past sixty years studying and writing about the country's international relations. In Independence without Freedom, Ramazani draws together twenty of his mostinsightful and important articles and book chapters, with a new introduction and afterword, whichtaken together offer compelling evidence that the United States and Iran will not go towar. The volume's introduction outlines the origins of Ramazani'searly interest in Iran's international role, which can be traced to the crushing effects ofWorld War II on the country and Iran's historic decision to free its oil industry from theBritish Empire. In the afterword, he discusses the reasons behind America's poor understandingof Iranian foreign policy, articulates the fundamentals of his own approach to the study ofIran-including the nuclear dispute-and describes the major instruments behindIran's foreign efforts. Independence without Freedom will serve as a crucial resource foranyone interested in the factors and forces that drive Iranian behavior in worldpolitics. |
