Modern Iran

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ISBN: 9781405840842 | 1405840846
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Copyright: 9/21/2007

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A renowned expert looks at the painful birth of modern Iran, the political awakening of Iranian people and Iran's current position in the global arena. A comprehensive history of Iran from 1921 to the completion of the Khatami Presidency in 2005 Puts recent developments in historical context Shows how Iran's modern history has been shaped by its relations with the great powers Places the Khatami Reform movement in the context of broader historical trends Shows how the Reform Movement was the latest in a wave of democratic surges that opened initially with the Constitutional Movement in 1906.

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Glossary	p. ix
Chronology of Modern Iran	p. xi
Map	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Reform and reaction	p. 3
The Constitutional Revolution	p. 5
Social structures	p. 8
International integration	p. 9
Weapons of the weak	p. 11
Analysing Iranian political structures	p. 12
The emergence of social forces	p. 15
Nationalism	p. 16
A revolutionary century	p. 20
Reza Khan and the Establishment of the Pahlavi State	p. 25
Iran in the aftermath of the Constitutional Revolution	p. 26
The coup of February 1921	p. 30
Britain and the coup of 1921	p. 32
The consolidation of power and the imposition of a new order	p. 33
Nationalism and the myth of the saviour	p. 37
Domination of the Majlis and civilian reforms	p. 40
The 'Republican' intermezzo	p. 43
Reza Shah: Modernisation and Tradition, 1926-41	p. 50
The invention of tradition	p. 51
The continuation of reform: nationalism and modernisation	p. 53
Institutionalising the dynasty: the politics of dynastic nationalism	p. 71
The fall	p. 85
An assessment	p. 87
Political Pluralism and the Ascendancy of Nationalism, 1941-53	p. 95
The levels of political awareness	p. 97
The mass media	p. 99
The radio	p. 101
The limits of plurality	p. 101
The dominance of nationalism	p. 102
Fragmentation: challenges to the Pahlavi state: the Allied Occupation	p. 103
The tribal revolts	p. 107
The separatist movements in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan	p. 109
Contested 'nationalisms'	p. 119
The young Shah and the development of dynastic nationalism	p. 121
Dr Mohammad Mosaddeq and the oil nationalisation crisis	p. 127
Towards oil nationalisation	p. 129
The premiership of Dr Mohammad Mosaddeq, 1951-53	p. 134
The Consolidation of Power, 1953-60	p. 159
A changing society	p. 161
The return of the Shah	p. 162
The politics of consolidation	p. 164
The 'Mosaddeq myth'	p. 165
Ebtehaj and economic development	p. 167
Cultivating the military: Iran and the Cold War	p. 170
The Shah ascendant	p. 174
A fragile royal dominance	p. 178
The 'White Revolution'	p. 187
The roots of the 'White Revolution'	p. 188
Social and economic developments	p. 191
Amini and the launch of a 'white revolution'	p. 192
The Shah and the 'White Revolution'	p. 198
Towards the Great Civilisation	p. 212
The crest of the wave	p. 213
The international statesman	p. 222
Domestic tensions	p. 225
The 'Emperor of Oil'	p. 229
Democratic centralism: the Rastakhiz (Resurrection) Party	p. 232
The myth of imperial authority: the apogee of sacral kingship	p. 235
Towards the Great Civilisation	p. 237
Revolution, War and 'Islamic Republic'	p. 246
The political framework	p. 246
Reality bites: the fall of the Shah	p. 250
The triumph of the revolution: the premiership of Bazargan	p. 268
War	p. 287
The social and political consequences of the war	p. 298
Rafsanjani and the ascendancy of the mercantile bourgeoisie	p. 300
The Islamic Republic defined	p. 302
The Khatami Presidency	p. 317
Khatami's first administration	p. 320
9/11 and its consequences	p. 329
Conclusion: A Century of Reform and Revolution	p. 340
Guide to Further Research	p. 346
Archival sources in Iran	p. 347
Select Bibliography	p. 350
Documentary sources (Persian)	p. 350
Documentary sources (English)	p. 351
Newspapers and journals (Persian)	p. 352
Newspapers and journals (English)	p. 352
Secondary sources (Persian)	p. 352
Secondary sources (English)	p. 354
Index	p. 369
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