Talk:Brenda Shaffer/Prof. Suny's Comments

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I followed the dispute on Prof. Suny and decided to E-mail him myself. Overall, I lost interested in this topic, since Shaffer is now a consultant and does not have a serious Academia position. But here are the response and conversation: "Dear Dr. Suny It says over here that you gave a positive over allview of Brenda Shaffer's book. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Shaffer&oldid=176337711 Would you happen to have the whole review?

Response: Dear Mr. Doostzadeh:

I read the Shaffer ms for the press and gave a CRITICAL review of the book, advised her to make several changes and additions, worried about the pro- Azerbaijani tilt of the book, but I also thought that she had made some headway into the question of Iranian-Azeri relations. I never wrote a published review of the book. That quotation is taken from my blurb on the book’s cover.

Ron Suny Ronald Grigor Suny Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political Histor The University of Michigan "

Note I did not capitalize the word CRITICAL, but Prof. Suny did. I can forward the E-mail to anyone and Admins. I hope the above response helps, at least it will remain in the talkpage for other users.