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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abrahamian, Ervand

Titel

A HISTORY OF MODERN IRAN

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

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Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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 and, in 1979, revolution & the birth of the Islamic Republic. In the intervening years, the country has experienced a bitter war with Iraq, the transformation of society under the clergy and, more recently, the expansion of the state & the struggle for power between the old elites, the intelligentsia & the commercial middle class. The author is a compassionate expositor. While he adroitly negotiates the twists & turns of the country's regional & international politics, at the heart of his book are the people of Iran. It is to them & their resilience that this book is dedicated, as Iran emerges at the beginning of the twenty-first century as one of the most powerful states in the Middle East. Adapted from the source document.