This article was written byMichael Schaub for NPR on July 18, 2012.Michael Schaub is a writer, book critic and regular contributor to NPR Books. Iran Says It Has Plan To Close Strait Of Hormuz.Iran Reports Long-Range Missile Launch Exercise.New Sanctions Targeting Iranian Oil. All these headlines appeared on NPR.org over the past month, but if they ...

This article was written byScott Shane for the New York Times blogs on July 19, 2012. After two decades studying the dismal history of the relationship between the United States and Iran, David Crist regards the current escalating tension with particular alarm. A Pentagon historian and Marine reservist who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dr. ...