July, 2006

Response to Carpenter

by Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Conversation
July 25th, 2006

Okay, let’s try to take this in order. First, if Mr. Carpenter thinks either my original commentary or my response contained a heavy dose of Iranology, then that perhaps underscores why Mr. Carpenter prefers to talk about Maoist China. I can think of several folks who write well on Iran and who usually take opposing [...]

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Decidedly Underwhelming

by Ted Galen Carpenter
The Conversation
July 24th, 2006

I find it amusing that Mr. Gerecht asserts that it is unnecessary to respond at length to my thesis and then spends a major portion of his post responding to my thesis. His response, however, is decidedly underwhelming. His first ploy is to try to impress (overawe?) readers with his knowledge about the personalities inhabiting [...]

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