Iran’s Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
Iran is one of the most important U.S. foreign policy concerns but is extraordinarily difficult to engage. The authors assess current political, ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and...
View ArticleIsrael and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the...
Journalist Jonathan Cook explores Israel’s key role in persuading the Bush administration to invade Iraq, as part of a plan to remake the Middle East, and their joint determination to isolate Iran and...
View ArticleA History of Modern Iran
In a reappraisal of Iran’s modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces its traumatic journey across the twentieth century, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis...
View ArticleDecline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy...
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has already been praised as one of the most intellectually exciting books about ancient Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a convincing...
View ArticleIran’s Intellectual Revolution (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
Since its revolution in 1979, Iran has been viewed as the bastion of radical Islam and a sponsor of terrorism. The focus on its volatile internal politics and its foreign relations has, according to...
View ArticleChogha Mish, Volume II: The Development of a Prehistoric Regional Center in...
The present publication is the final report on the eleven seasons of excavations at Chogha Mish. In addition to the materials and records from Chogha Mish, Alizadeh uses the data available from the...
View ArticleAfter Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors
For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy–part of George W. Bush’s “axis of evil” even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is the reality? How did Ahmadinejad rise to power, and...
View ArticleGuardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs
Revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world’s ills–the...
View ArticleIran and Nuclear Weapons: Protracted Conflict and Proliferation
Thisbook investigates what is driving Iran’s nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation. Iran’s nuclear weapons...
View ArticleShah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran
Shah ‘Abbas I was one of Iran’s most influential leaders. Combining his ruthless ambition with a desire for stability, he left a far-reaching mark on the society and artistic heritage of Iran,...
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