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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Figures
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• 1 Iran-zamin
• The Physical Environment
• The Heartland
• The Periphery
• Azarbaijan
• Gilan and Mazanderan
• The Turkoman Steppe
• Sistan and Baluchestan
• The Persian Gulf Coast
• Khuzestan
• Kurdestan and Lorestan (Lurestan)
• The Economic Environment
• Traditional Economy
• Modern Economy
• Revolutionary Economy
• 2 The Peoples of Iran
• Ethnic Groups
• Iranian Speakers
• Persians
• Kurds
• Baluchis
• Lors (Lurs)
• Caspian Peoples
• Other Iranian Groups
• Turkish Speakers
• Azarbaijanis
• Other Turkish Peoples
• Other Ethnic Groups
• Religious Groups
• Shi’a and Sunni Islam
• Non-Muslim Groups
• Patterns of Culture
• Is There an Iranian National Character?
• Cultural Traditions
• Ideals of Behavior
• 3 Myths and Forgotten Kings
• Historical Traditions
• Charismatic Leadership
• Importance of Religion
• Importance of Justice
• Adoption of Foreign Ways
• Mythology
• Prehistoric Iran
• Medes and Persians
• Seleucids and Parthians
• The Sassanians
• 4 Islamic Iran
• The Arab Conquest
• Iranian Dynasties
• Turkish Rule
• The Mongol Cataclysm
• The Safavids
• Origins
• Safavids and Shi’ism
• Prosperity and Collapse
• The Qajars
• The Babi Movement
• Constitutional Revolution
• 5 Pahlavis and Ayatollahs
• Reza Shah Takes Power
• The New Order
• War and the New Politics
• Mossadegh and Oil Nationalization
• The National Front
• The Coalition Weakens
• Coup and Countercoup
• Consolidating Royal Power: 1953–1963
• Imperial Dictatorship
• Bazaar, Boutique, and Bonanza
• Economic Failure
• The Gold Rush
• A Time of Self-Deception
• Revolution
• The Revolutionary Coalition
• A Fatal Alliance
• Troubles and Respite
• “The Shah Must Go”
• 6 Revolutionary Iran
• To Which Self?
• Building an Islamic Republic
• Leadership
• Constitutional Institutions
• Diffusion of Power
• The Ruling Network
• The Radical Victory
• Sources of Power
• Foreign Policy
• A Foreign Policy of Anarchy
• Militant Principles
• “War, War, Until Victory”
• The Great Satans
• Conclusion: Whither Iran?
• Appendix A The Ruling IRP-Clerical Network: Political-Religious Leaders, 1979–1986
• Appendix B The Ruling IRP-Clerical Network: Institutional Structure
• Notes
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 1
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 2
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 4
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
• NOTES TO CHAPTER 6
• Glossary
• Chronology
• Pre-Islamic Iran
• Islamic Period
• The Islamic Republic
• Bibliography
• Index