[Peace-discuss] Letter to our Congressman

[C. G. Estabrook]

By "current polemics" I presume you mean the murderous nonsense about Iran from 
Obama and his administration.  --CGE

rlangenh at illinois.edu wrote:
> For those who may want to broaden their background regarding Iran, I offer
> the following:  1) Stevens, Roger, 1962, The Land of the Great Sophy, 1962,
> Latimer Trend & Co., Whitstable.  (Also Metheun, London, 1965  and available
> in paperback).  According to the author, " The aim of this book has been
> strictly limited -- to describe and explain the country's past so as to
> better understand the more vital subject, not touched on here, of its present
> and its future."  It admirably a accomplishes it's objective.  2) Hooman,
> Majid, 2008, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ; The Paradox of Modern Iran
> Doubleday, New York.Written by an American citizen, son of an Iranian
> Diplomat and grandson of an eminent Ayatollah, this book describes "a country
> that is fiercely proud of it Persian heritage, mystified by its outsider
> status, and scornful of the idea that the United States can dictate how it
> should interact with the community of nations."  The book rings more or less
> true to me on the bas! is! of my limited  personal work in the Shah's
> geological survey in 1971 and much  contact with Iranis  of the more or less
> westernized class.  These two books are a good antidote to current polemics.
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