Iran under the Ayatollahs

ISBN-13: 9780415667371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 462 str.

L. P. Elwell-Sutton; Dilip Hiro

Opis

First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study of the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty.aDilip Hiroadescribes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed, gives an incisive account of the firstaGulf War, and provides an historical survey of Iran's relations with the West, the Soviet bloc, and other countries of the region."

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1 Before the Islamic Revolution; Chapter 1 The Islamic Heritage; Chapter 2 The Pahlavis; Chapter 3 The End of Monarchy; Part 2 The Revolution; Chapter 4 The Founding of the Islamic Republic; Chapter 5 The American Hostage Crisis; Chapter 6 The Gulf War; Chapter 7 The Mujahedin Challenge; Chapter 8 Consolidation of the Revolution; Part 3 Iran and the World; Chapter 9 Iran and the Soviet Bloc; Chapter 10 Iran and the West; Chapter 11 Iran and the Region; Conclusion; postscript Postscript*The notes are at the end of the Postscript.;