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The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open warFor three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in a secret war. It is a conflict that has never been acknowledged and a story that has never been told.This surreptitious war began with the Iranian revolution and simmers today inside Iraq and in the Persian Gulf. Fights rage in the shadows, between the CIA and its network of spies and Iran's intelligence agency. Battles are fought at sea with Iranians in small speedboats attacking Western oil tankers. This conflict has frustrated five American presidents, divided administrations, and repeatedly threatened to bring the two nations into open warfare.
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Dr. David Crist is a senior historian for the U.S. government and a special advisor to senior officals in the U.S. government. He frequent advises senior government officials on the Middle East. As an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Crist served two tours with special operations forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. His prior publications include Gulf of Conflict: A History of U.S.-Iranian Confrontation at Sea (Washington Institute, 2009) . He holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a master's and doctorate in Middle Eastern history from Florida State University.
