Exploring continuities and changes, this book provides the historical backdrop crucial to understanding how Iranian pride and sense of victimization combine to make its politics contentious and potentially dangerous. From the struggle between the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini to the current tension between the reformers and traditionalists, a central issue in Iranian domestic politics has long been its place in the world and relations with the West.
Author(s): Patrick Clawson, Michael Rubin
Edition: First Edition
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 224
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Series Editor’s Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 Land and People......Page 16
2 From Empire to Nation......Page 22
3 Qajar Iran: Decline and Tumult, 1786–1921......Page 42
4 A New Order, 1921–1953......Page 62
5 Modernizing Iran, 1953–1978......Page 80
6 Revolution and War, 1978–1988......Page 98
7 The Second Islamic Republic, 1989–2005......Page 126
8 Foreign Relations under Khatami......Page 150
9 Summary and Prospects......Page 170
Notes......Page 174
B......Page 208
F......Page 209
J......Page 210
M......Page 211
R......Page 212
T......Page 213
Z......Page 214
