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Iran : the essential guide to a country on the brink / Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.Description: x, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0471741515 (pbk.)
  • 9780471741510 (pbk.)
  • 9780471741515
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 955.05 22
Contents:
Introduction by Stephen Kinzer -- Afghanistan : "Operation Enduring Freedom" -- Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud -- Armed forces -- "Axis of evil" -- A closer look : Bush, Iraq, and the world, by Strobe Talbott -- Clerics -- The constitutional revolution (1905) -- Culture -- Cyrus the great -- Darius I -- Dynastic history -- Ebadi, Shirin -- Economy -- Farsi and other languages -- Flag -- Iran-Contra Affair -- Iran hostage crisis -- Iran-Iraq war -- Iraq: "Operation Iraqi Freedom" -- A closer look: warfare in the 21st century, by Peter Saracino -- The Islamic revolution (1978-1979) -- The Islamic world -- Judicial system -- Khamenei, (Ayatollah) Ali -- Khatami, Mohammad -- Khomeini, (Ayatollah) Ruhollah -- Kurds -- Land -- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Mosaddeq, Mohammad -- Oil -- People -- Persia -- Political system -- Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi -- Reforms -- The revolutionary guards -- Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Schools -- Shah 'Abbas I -- Shah Isma'il -- Shari�ah -- Shi�ites -- Sunni -- Tehran -- The United Nations -- A closer look : the UN Security Council, by Edward C. Luck -- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) -- The white revolution (1963) -- World heritage sites -- Xerxes I.
Summary: This resource examines Iran's historical, cultural, and political landscape from the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 to Weapons of Mass Destruction. Explanatory passages on leaders and historical events place current ongoing developments into the broader context of the Muslim world, the War on Terror, and the push for democratic reform. Includes photos, maps, and brief, insightful essays on important, relevant issues by authors like Strobe Talbott.--From publisher description.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 955.05 K51I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 045864
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ARCH FRBC 955.02 B741L The later Ghaznavids : ARCH FRBC 955.03 A972S The sword of Persia : Nader Shah, from tribal warrior to conquering tyrant / ARCH FRBC 955.05 W325C Christians in Persia: ARCH FRBC 955.05 K51I Iran : ARCH FRBC 955.05 A159 A history of modern Iran / ARCH FRBC 955.05 W325C Christians in Persia: ARCH FRBC 955.053 M637S The Shah /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226).

Introduction by Stephen Kinzer -- Afghanistan : "Operation Enduring Freedom" -- Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud -- Armed forces -- "Axis of evil" -- A closer look : Bush, Iraq, and the world, by Strobe Talbott -- Clerics -- The constitutional revolution (1905) -- Culture -- Cyrus the great -- Darius I -- Dynastic history -- Ebadi, Shirin -- Economy -- Farsi and other languages -- Flag -- Iran-Contra Affair -- Iran hostage crisis -- Iran-Iraq war -- Iraq: "Operation Iraqi Freedom" -- A closer look: warfare in the 21st century, by Peter Saracino -- The Islamic revolution (1978-1979) -- The Islamic world -- Judicial system -- Khamenei, (Ayatollah) Ali -- Khatami, Mohammad -- Khomeini, (Ayatollah) Ruhollah -- Kurds -- Land -- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Mosaddeq, Mohammad -- Oil -- People -- Persia -- Political system -- Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi -- Reforms -- The revolutionary guards -- Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Schools -- Shah 'Abbas I -- Shah Isma'il -- Shari�ah -- Shi�ites -- Sunni -- Tehran -- The United Nations -- A closer look : the UN Security Council, by Edward C. Luck -- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) -- The white revolution (1963) -- World heritage sites -- Xerxes I.

This resource examines Iran's historical, cultural, and political landscape from the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 to Weapons of Mass Destruction. Explanatory passages on leaders and historical events place current ongoing developments into the broader context of the Muslim world, the War on Terror, and the push for democratic reform. Includes photos, maps, and brief, insightful essays on important, relevant issues by authors like Strobe Talbott.--From publisher description.

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