The definitive modern history of Iran’s Islamic Republic.
A thoroughly updated, single-volume history of post-revolutionary Iran, explaining how the Islamic Republic formed, survived, and evolved under pressure at home and abroad. Clear, expert context for understanding Iran’s politics, society, and global role today.
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Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
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The definitive modern history of Iran’s Islamic Republic.
A thoroughly updated, single-volume history of post-revolutionary Iran, explaining how the Islamic Republic formed, survived, and evolved under pressure at home and abroad. Clear, expert context for understanding Iran’s politics, society, and global role today.
- Book Synopsis
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FULLY UPDATED THIRD EDITION, NOW WITH NEW POSTSCRIPT BY ALI ANSARI 'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this' Ervand Abrahamian, Times Higher Education
For some 40 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, and sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem.
But with Iran's continuing commitment to a nuclear programme and its reputation as a trouble-maker in Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon and elsewhere, this is unlikely any time soon. An unending stream of assertions about the revolution's finally running down continue to be defied by events, and Iran's institutions are still formidable.
This is the definitive history of this subject, from one of the world's principal experts.
Ideal for readers who…
- want an up-to-date, concise overview of present-day Iran and the endurance of the Islamic Republic
- are looking for context on sanctions, conflict, and the political institutions that shape Iranian power
- need a clear introduction to Iran’s role in regional hotspots such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Lebanon
- prefer expert, accessible history and politics writing that cuts through common assumptions
- enjoy authoritative “one-book” introductions that are short, rigorous, and highly readable
- About The Author
- Michael Axworthy is the author of The Sword of Persia and Iran: Empire of the Mind, which established him as one of the world's principal experts on the country. He was head of the Iran Section of the British Foreign Office from 1998-2000 and senior lecturer and Director of the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Exeter. He died in 2019.
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- ISBN
- 9780141990330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, (06 June 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 560
- Weight
- 404 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 128 x 27 mm
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