Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- The Study of Revolution: Science of Anarchy or Anarchy of Science? -- Historical Background -- The Constitutional Movement and the Creation of the Pahlavi Dynasty -- Reform from Above and Resistance from Below: The June Uprising of 1963 -- Preconditions of the Islamic Revolution -- Economic Development and Political Decay -- Opposition to the Pahlavi Regime: Its Ideological and Organizational Bases -- The Crisis of Wealth -- The Mechanics of the Transfer of Power -- The Anatomy of Iran’s Revolutionary Movement: From Demanding Reforms to Dethroning a King -- The Postrevolutionary Power Struggle -- The Rise and Fall of the Provisional Revolutionary Government: A Good Government for a Wrong Time -- Iran’s First Encounter with the Presidency and the Drive Toward Radicalism -- Khomeini and the Challenge to Govern -- The Drive Toward Moderation: Iran Under Khamenei and Rafsanjani -- Conclusion

About the Author

Mohsen M. Milani is associate professor of politics, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida in Tampa.