Synopses & Reviews
The recent uproar over the publication of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses has once again focused world attention on the fundamentalist Iranian Revolution. In this concise, clear, readable volume, six of the world's leading authorities describe and analyze key aspects of the Revolution. Iran's Revolution provides an excellent overview and analysis of the Iranian Revolution at the ten-year mark.
Table of Contents
Preface
Inside Revolutionary Iran
Richard Cottam
The Politics of Land, Law, and Social Justice in Iran
Shaul Bakhash
Iran's Foreign Policy: Contending Orientations
R.K. Ramazani
Iran and Western Europe
Anthony Parsons
Soviet-Iranian Relations in the Post-Revolution Period
Shireen T. Hunter
Trial by Error: Reflections on the Iran-Iraq War
Gary Sick
Challenges for US Policy
R.K. Ramazani
Contributors
Index