Michael Axworthy's 'Iran' established him as one of the world's principal experts on this extraordinary country and in his new book, 'Revolutionary Iran', he has written the definitive history of this subject, one which takes full account ...
This is the definitive history of this subject, from one of the world's principal experts.
In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands, ...
Describes the impact of the Iranian Revolution, asseses its goals, and reviews U.S. policy towards the region
The book deals with revolution in terms of relationships between civil society and state; which, it is argued, are central to analysing and understanding modern movements in Iran and other Islamic countries.
Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. This book offers an account of Iran's unique history and makes sense of events often misunderstood by outsiders.