The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D) write by Sepehr Zabir. This book was released on 2012-04-27. The Left in Contemporary Iran (RLE Iran D) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the structure and ideology of all the main leftist groups in Iran. It considers their role in the Revolution, and analyses their relations with Khomeini and his colleagues. It also explains why the majority of the leftist organisations had defected from the Islamic regime by the summer of 1981. A second important theme of the book is the way in which the Soviet Union responded to the treatment of the Left by the Islamic government. Based on extensive analysis of original source material in Farsi and other languages and numerous interviews with leftist leaders and participants, the book provides a detailed portrait of the Left in contemporary Iran.
Iran and the International Community (RLE Iran D)
Iran and the International Community (RLE Iran D) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iran and the International Community (RLE Iran D) write by Anoush Ehteshami. This book was released on 2012-04-27. Iran and the International Community (RLE Iran D) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book experts examine the main features of Iran’s foreign policy from 1980 – 1990, assessing relations with the UN, the superpowers, Europe, the GCC and Iraq. Although the Islamic revolution made Iran a significant force in the international arena, it is argued that the ending of the Cold War and the rise of Iraq as the dominant power in the Gulf are now creating a very different set of foreign policy challenges and options.
The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D)
The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D) write by Hossein Bashiriyeh. This book was released on 2012-04-27. The State and Revolution in Iran (RLE Iran D) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyses the distant and proximate causes of the 1978 revolution in Iran as well as the dynamics of power which it set in motion. The volume explains the complex and far-reaching processes which produced the revolution, beginning in the late nineteenth century. In explaining the more proximate causes of the revolution, the book analyses the nature of the old regime and its internal contradictions; the emergence of some fundamental conflicts of interest between the state and the upper class; the economic crisis of 1975-8 which made possible a revolutionary mass immobilisation; and the emergence of a new religious interpretation of political authority and the unusual spread of the ideology of political Islam among a segment of the modern intelligentsia. The volume relates the diverse aspects of class, ideology and economic structure in order to provide an understanding of the political processes.
The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D)
The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D) write by Sepehr Zabir. This book was released on 2012-04-27. The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a fascinating critical examination of the characteristics and development of the armed forces in Iran, their role under the Shah and their re-creation in the war against Iraq as the fighting forces of Islam. The author examines the contradictory accounts, including the ShahOCOs own Answer to History, as well as newly available accounts by highly placed ex-officials, and interviews with exiled army officers.a The book concludes with an analysis of the potential role of the armed forces in a succession crisis. a"
Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D)
Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D) write by Sepehr Zabir. This book was released on 2012-04-27. Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the turn of the century Iran has experienced three major political upheavals in the struggle to democratize her political systems. The last revolution inaugurated an era of unprecedented turmoil and instead of fulfilling its democratic aim, paved the way for an even more despotic theocracy. To put the revolution in a proper perspective, some attempt is made to explain the reasons for Khomeini’s success in acquiring first, the symbolic leadership of the anti-Shah revolution, and then, the monopolistic control of power in Iran. How and why the other claimants to power were shunted aside and later brutally repressed is a further theme for discussion. The domestic and external ramifications of the revolution are examined in detail; in particular the rise of the anti-American feeling which culminated in the hostage crisis. In conclusion, an analysis is offered of the instrumentalities of power available to the Islamic Republic, and several scenarios are explored in which Iran’s competing forces may converge to determine whether this third revolution will finally succeed in subordinating political authority to popular democratic consent.
