Exploring continuities and changes, this book provides the historical backdrop crucial to understanding how Iranian pride and sense of victimization combine to make its politics contentious and potentially dangerous.

Autorentext
Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior editor of Middle East Quarterly.

Inhalt
Preface and Introduction Land and People From Empire to Nation Decline and Tumult The Boom Revolution and War Reform vs Hardline Difficulties with the Broader World Summary Maps and Bibliography