Understanding Iran
Subtitle: everything you need to know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
By: William R. Polk.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780230616783
Subjects: Iran -- History
Description: A history of Iran predicts its eventual cultural and military dominance in the Middle East while illuminating factors commonly misunderstood by the West, including the oppression of its citizens and their negative regard of western policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming Iranian; title: Being Iranian; title: Shahs, Ulama and Western powers; title: From political revolution through social revolution to violent revolution; title: The revolutionary regime; title: The United States and Iran today and tomorrow.