Axis of Empire

A chronicle of US imperialism’s century-long interaction with Iran’s successive regimes and people The story of imperialism and resistance from the nineteenth century to the age of Trump, told in six gripping chapters each filled with ironic plot twists and colorful actors. Matin-Asgari tells the dramatic story of how America’s missionaries and educators, oilmen and CIA agents, scholars and arms dealers, diplomats and presidents. He shows how their Middle East misadventures entangled with ordina