The Reign of the Ayatollahs (Counterpoint)

Politics & Social Sciences

Bakhash, Shaul

Politics & Government

Harpercollins

The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political strategies that have

Shi'ism, Resistance, And Revolution

Krämer, Martin

Bailey, Clinton

J Fischer, Michael M

Reference

Routledge

The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution

The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution

History

Middle East

Basic Books

The definitive analysis of the Iranian revolution, it's economic, religious, and social turmoil, and it's international consequences - by a former Tehran newspaper editor and eyewitness to the revolution.Shaul Bakhash is Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. From 1972-1979 he was editor and news analyst for the Kayhan Newspapers in Tehran, Iran.

Reign Of Ayatollahs

This scholarly dissection of the Islamic Revolution in Iran is mostly concerned with its domestic issues. Iran's foreign affairs in this period are addressed only to the extent that they played important roles in domestic power contests. (although I think that reading this book will greatly enhance your understanding of such accounts). Instead, you will find exhaustive examination of internal struggles over land distribution, urban housing and the nationalization of industry and agriculture. Not that Bakhash's concern is solely economic--the book is primarily about political conflict: the debates on the constitution, the factional infighting within the party and the government, the endless polarization between "moderates" and "hardliners", the mystifyingly equivocal and minimalist leadership provided by Khomaini. In fact, if there is one flaw in this book (especially given its title), it is that Khomaini's behavior is left unanalyzed and enigmatic in the extreme. No attempt is made to explain his strange political moves: promoting and supporting moderates like Bani-Sadr, and then agreeing publicly with their enemies; stirring up the radical sentiments of the Majles (the legislature), while standing solidly behind the conservative Council of Guardians that sytematically vetoed radical economic legislation; encouraging those who sought diplomatic rapprochement with the West, and simultaneously torpedoing their efforts without warning.

Reign Of The Ayatoll

Religion & Spirituality

The Fall of Reza Shah: The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran’s Founder

Reza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah's final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death. A significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

I.B.Tauris

About the Author\nShaul Bakhash is Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason Univeristy, USA. He is the author of Iran: Monarchy, Bureaucracy and Reform Under the Qajars, 1858-1896 (1978); The Politics of Oil and Revolution in Iran (2010); and Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution (1990). His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals and books, as well as in the New York Review of Books, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers.\nReza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah's final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death.\nA significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history.

Norton, Augustus R.

Fischer, Michael M. J.

Westview Press

This book discusses the influence of oil on the internal politics of Iran.

The Politics of Oil and Revolution in Iran

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Brookings Institution Press

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