دانلود کتاب ترکیه، ایران و سیاست مقایسه – همسر آمریکایی، معشوقه آمریکایی

In a 1962 meeting at the White House, Iran’s last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, complained to US President John F. Kennedy that “America treats Turkey as a wife, and Iran as a concubine.” Taking this protest as a critical starting point, this book examines the transnational history of comparisons between Türkiye and Iran from Cold War-era modernization theory to post-9/11 studies of “moderate Islam.” Perin E. Gürel explores how US policymakers and thought leaders strategically used comparisons to advance shifting agendas, while stakeholders in Türkiye and Iran responded by anticipating, manipulating, and reshaping US-driven narratives. Juxtaposing dominant US-based comparisons with representations originating from Iran and Türkiye, Gürel’s interdisciplinary and multilingual research uncovers unexpected twists: Comparisons did not always reinforce US authority but often reflected and encouraged the rise of new ideologies. This book offers fresh insight into the complexities of US–Middle Eastern relations and the enduring impact of comparativism on international relations. Perin E. Gürel is Associate Professor of American Studies and Director of Gender Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of The Limits of Westernization: A Cultural History of America in Turkey (2017) and her articles have appeared in leading journals, including American Quarterly, American Literary History, and Diplomatic History. Gürel is the winner of the 2020 Jack Rosenbalm Prize for American Humor Studies and has held fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Research Institute in Turkey, the Institute of Turkish Studies, and elsewhere. Her debut fantasy novel, Laleh and the Language of the Birds, a feminist retelling of a classic Sufi legend, is forthcoming in 2026.