Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Glossary
Chronology of Modern Iran
Map
1. Introduction
2. Reza Khan and the Establishment of the Pahlavi State
3. Reza Shah: Modernisation and Tradition, 1926-41
4. Political Pluralism and the Ascendancy of Nationalism, 1941-53
5. The Consolidation of Power, 1953-60
6. The 'White Revolution'
7. Towards the Great Civilisation
8. Revolution, War and 'Islamic Republic'

9. The Khatami Presidency
10. Conclusion: A Century of Reform and Revolution
Guide to Further Research
Select Bibliography
Index

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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.

About the Author

Ali Ansari is currently Reader in history at the University of St Andrews. He is a London-born Iranian with much of his family still in Iran where he goes regularly to see them. As an Iranian himself, he is in a unique position to explain the history of his own country to a Western student audience.

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"...Ansari has written a straightforward, though skilfully analytical, history of Iran" "Times Literary Supplement" (praise for the first edition)