The Making Of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy To Islamic Republic, Second Edition

by Mohsen M Milani

Overview

In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Dr. Milani offers new insights into the causes and profound consequences of Iran's Islamic Revolution. Drawing on dozens of personal interviews with the officials of the Islamic Republic and on recently released documents, he presents a provocative analysis of the dynamics and characteristics of fa

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367319540
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohsen M. Milani is associate professor of politics, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida in Tampa.

Table of Contents

Conceptual Framework: The Study of Revolution - Science of Anarchy or Anarchy of Science? Historical Background: The Constitutional Movement and Below - The June Uprising of 1963. Preconditions of the Islamic Revolution: Economic Development and Political Decay; Opposition to the Pahlavi Regime - Its Ideological and Organizational Bases; The Crisis of Wealth. The Mechanics of the Transfer of Power: The Anatomy of Iran's Revolutionary Movement - From Demanding Reforms to Dethroning a King. The Post-Revolutionary Power Struggle: The Rise and Fall of the Provisional Revolutionary Government - A Good Government for a Wrong Time; Iran's First Encounter with the Presidency and the Drive Towards Radicalism; Khomeini and the Challenge to Govern; The Drive Toward Moderation - Iran Under Khomeini and Rafsanjani.