{"product_id":"revolutionary-iran-a-history-of-the-islamic-republic","title":"Michael Axworthy: Revolutionary Iran [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major new and definitive work by the author of \u003ci\u003eIran: Empire of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAyatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. A large, well-populated and wealthy state suddenly committed itself to a quite new path: a revolution based on the supremacy of Islam and contempt for both superpowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, and sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Iran's continuing commitment to a nuclear programme and its reputation as a trouble-maker in Afghanistan, Lebanon and elsewhere, this is unlikely any time soon. The slow demise of the 2009 'Green Revolution' shows that Revolutionary Iran's institutions are still formidable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMichael Axworthy's \u003ci\u003eIran: Empire of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e established him as one of the world's principal experts on this extraordinary country and in his new book, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written the definitive history of this subject, one which takes full account of Iran's unique history and makes sense of events often misunderstood by outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Balances scholarly precision with narrative flair ... Axworthy does the best job so far of describing the Iran-Iraq war ... He revisits, and convincingly reinterprets, defining moments of the Islamic republic ... [with] scholarly rigour and first-class analysis. Anyone interested in this most complex of revolutions would do well to read [this book]' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An impressive exploration of Iran's development since 1979 into an unpredictable pseudo-democracy ... [a] calm and literate portrait of the Islamic Republic' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this ... Axworthy revokes the sound and fury of the revolution itself' \u003cb\u003eErvand Abrahamian, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Packed with gobbets of information and policy advice on how to deal with Iran' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A] meticulously fair and scholarly work ... passages from Iranian authors little known in the west as well as references to both popular and arthouse cinema bring depth [and] richness ... moving and vivid ... a very fine work that deserves to be read by anyone interested in the Middle East' \u003cb\u003eJason Burke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Axworthy is a true Iranophile, learned in history and literature ancient and modern ... [A] subtle, lucid, and well-proportioned history ... his method casts theocracy in a refreshingly cold light, and embosses the Islamic Republic's well-established subordination of faith to power'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axworthy, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47181974667603,"sku":"XV81846142918","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":51053920551251,"sku":"9781846142918","price":35.71,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/axworthy-michael-michael-axworthy-revolutionary-iran-2013-hardback-1169751895.jpg?v=1748090008","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/revolutionary-iran-a-history-of-the-islamic-republic","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}