The History of Iran (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: October 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780313307317
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Iran - History; History - General History; History: World; Iran; Ethnic Studies - General; Middle East - Iran; History / Middle East; Middle East - General; 20th century; History
First sentence: To the average American, the name Iran probably conjures up an image of a remote and upstart country inhabited by a people whose religious fanaticism is matched only by the intensity of their disdain for the United States and its values, who speak an obscure tongue called Farsi, and whose precise ethnic identity is blurred and not clearly distinguished from that of their Arab neighbors.