Kinzer also wrote an interesting little book in 2010 (Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future) about how Turkey and Iran-with-a-very-different-government coul

Kinzer also wrote an interesting little book in 2010 (Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future) about how Turkey and Iran-with-a-very-different-government could be naturally aligned with the-United-States-when-not-captured-by-hawks. It looks hopelessly naive at the moment, but it's still a great primer on the entangled history of the three countries.