Volume 28, Number 19 · December 3, 1981
Fall and Decline
By Shaul Bakhash
Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran
by Nikki R. Keddie, with a section by Yann Richard
Yale University Press, 321 pp., $5.95 (paper)
Inside the Iranian Revolution
by John D. Stempel
Indiana University Press, 336 pp., $17.50
Mission to Iran
by William H. Sullivan
Norton, 296 pp., $14.95
Revolution, like death, seems to concentrate the mind wonderfully—at least the minds of publishers. Since the Iranian upheaval, both commercial and university presses have run off a spate of books on Iran, a country not previously the object of much publishing attention. In a short time, we have had at least two books on aspects of the Iranian economy,[1] two more on the Iranian clerical establishment and its relations to the state,[2] and several on the special relationship between Iran and the United States.[3]
Review, 5769 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |