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Iran's Grand Strategy

A Political HistoryBy Vali NasrNarrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi

Iran's Grand Strategy

Length11h 9m

About this audiobook

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival This audiobook narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and internal dissolution Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world. Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with Iranian decision makers, Nasr brings to light facts and events in Iran's political history that have been overlooked until now. He traces the roots of Iran's strategic outlook to its experiences over the past four decades of war with Iraq in the 1980s and the subsequent American containment of Iran, invasion of Iraq in 2003, and posture toward Iran thereafter. Nasr reveals how these experiences have shaped a geopolitical outlook driven by pervasive fear of America and its plans for the Middle East. Challenging the notion that Iran's foreign policy simply reflects its revolutionary values or theocratic government, Iran's Grand Strategy provides invaluable new insights into what Iran wants and why, explaining the country's resistance to the United States, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East.

Audiobook details

GenreHistory, Politics and Government

Length11 hrs 9 mins

Narrated byFajer Al-Kaisi

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMay 27, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Credit, Dedication, Epigraphs

10Part 2, Chapter 6 - Khamenei and the Grand Strategy of Resistance

2A Note About the Book

11Chapter 6 - Continued - Khamenei and the Grand Strategy of Resistance

3Introduction

12Chapter 7 - Forward Defense Seeking Strategic Depth for Resistance

4Chapter 1 - Loom of History

13Chapter 8 - The Rise of the Axis of Resistance

5Part I, Chapter 2 - The Crucible of Revolution and War

14Chapter 9 - The Cost of Success

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6Chapter 3 - The Struggle to Win the Revolution

15Chapter 10 - The Nuclear Gambit

7Chapter 4 - Sacred Defense - How the War Transformed Iran's Strategy

16Chapter 10 - Continued - The Nuclear Gambit

8Chapter 4 - Continued - Sacred Defense - How the War Transformed Iran's Strategy

17Chapter 11 - The Price of Resistance

9Chapter 5 - How The War Made the Islamic Republic

18End Credit

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