David Crist
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The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran (2012) 241 exemplaren
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- Dr. David Crist currently serves as historian for the Federal Government. As an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, he saw first-hand the war against Al Qaeda and the confrontation with Iran. Crist served in the first Gulf War and two tours with elite special operations forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was part of the first U.S. military forces inside Afghanistan who overthrew the Taliban. In 2003, he personally witnessed the confrontation between American patrol boats and Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces off the Iraqi coast in one of the tensest incidents between the two nations in 20 years.
A Middle East scholar and recognized expert on Iran and defense issues, he is a frequent adviser to senior government and military officials on the Middle East. He received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a master's and doctorate in Middle Eastern history from Florida State University. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.
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The Twilight War, by David Crist is an interesting look at the seemingly endless conflict between the United States and Iran. To say that Crist has spent a great deal of time researching this subject would be a hopeless understatement. The book is informative, enlightening and in some aspects, even entertaining.
Any student of military history, middle-eastern relations, or foreign affairs will find The Twilight War every bit as spellbinding as a well written suspense novel.
With the current ‘treaty’ over Iran’s nuclear weapons program just falling into place, acquiring a copy of this book will bring the reader up to speed as to what brought these two nations where they are today. Hopefully we are seeing the beginning of a ‘happy ending’ to this conflict, although if history has taught us anything, it is not to expect miracles when it comes to adversaries who never seem able to find the same page at the same time.
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