How Iran-and the world around it-have changed in the four decades since a revolutionary theocracy took power Complete with a helpful timeline and suggestions for further reading, this book helps put the Iranian revolution in historical and geopolitical perspective, both for experts who have long studied the Middle East and for curious readers interested in fallout from the intense turmoil of four decades ago.
How Iran-and the world around it-have changed in the four decades since a revolutionary theocracy took power Complete with a helpful timeline and suggestions for further reading, this book helps put the Iranian revolution in historical and geopolitical perspective, both for experts who have long studied the Middle East and for curious readers interested in fallout from the intense turmoil of four decades ago.
Suzanne Maloney is the interim vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Her books include Iran's Political Economy since the Revolution and Iran's Long Reach. Maloney has advised both Republican and Democratic administrations on Iran and the Middle East and previously served as Middle East advisor for ExxonMobil Corporation. She holds a Ph.D from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and has studied and conducted research in Iran.
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Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Iran Recast 1. A View of the Revolution from the Shah's Palace, Strobe Talbott 2. The Revolution's Broken Promises, Ali Fathollah-Nejad 3. Iran's Economy since the Revolution: Populism and Pragmatism, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani 4. Revolution, Reform, and the Future of the Islamic Republic, Suzanne Maloney 5. Poppies and Public Health: 1979 and Narcotics in Iran, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bradley S. Porter 6. Girls of Revolution Street: Iranian Women since 1979, Suzanne Maloney and Eliora Katz Part II: The Revolution and Washington 7. ?We Used to Run This Country?: How the Revolution Upended an American-Iranian Alliance, Suzanne Maloney 8. After 1979, America's Torch Song for Tehran, Kenneth Pollack 9. The Iranian Hostage Crisis and Its Effect on American Politics, Elaine Kamarck 10. Washington, the Shah, and the Problem of Autocratic Allies, Tamara Cofman Wittes 11. The Revolution and Washington's Reliance on Economic Pressure, Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew 12. The Rules of the Game: International Law and Iranian-American Relations, Scott R. Anderson 13. 1979 and the World's Second Oil Shock, Samantha Gross Part III: The Ripple Effect of Iran's Revolution across the Middle East 14. How 1979 Transformed the Regional Balance of Power, Itamar Rabinovich 15. The Iranian Revolution's Legacy of Terrorism, Daniel Byman 16. Iraq and the ?First Islamic Revolution?, Ranj Alaaldin 17. Saddam's Monumental Mistakes, Bruce Riedel 18. Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran's Most Successful Export, Jeffrey Feltman 19. The Origins of the Saudi-Iranian Battle for the Broader Middle East, Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel 20. Coexistence and Convergence in Turkish-Iranian Relations, Kemal Kirisci 21. Israel's Reverse Periphery Doctrine, Natan Sachs 22. Emboldened and Then Constrained: Repercussions of Iran's Revolution for Sunni Islamists, Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal 23. In Pakistan, Another Embassy Under Siege, Madiha Afzal 24. Bad Judgment and a Chain of Blunders: Soviet Responses to the Iranian Revolution, Pavel Baev Appendix A: Iranian Revolution Timeline of Events, Suzanne Maloney and Keian Razipour Appendix B: What to Read to Understand the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Suzanne Maloney, Eliora Katz, and Keian Razipour Contributors Index
Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Iran Recast 1. A View of the Revolution from the Shah's Palace, Strobe Talbott 2. The Revolution's Broken Promises, Ali Fathollah-Nejad 3. Iran's Economy since the Revolution: Populism and Pragmatism, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani 4. Revolution, Reform, and the Future of the Islamic Republic, Suzanne Maloney 5. Poppies and Public Health: 1979 and Narcotics in Iran, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bradley S. Porter 6. Girls of Revolution Street: Iranian Women since 1979, Suzanne Maloney and Eliora Katz Part II: The Revolution and Washington 7. ?We Used to Run This Country?: How the Revolution Upended an American-Iranian Alliance, Suzanne Maloney 8. After 1979, America's Torch Song for Tehran, Kenneth Pollack 9. The Iranian Hostage Crisis and Its Effect on American Politics, Elaine Kamarck 10. Washington, the Shah, and the Problem of Autocratic Allies, Tamara Cofman Wittes 11. The Revolution and Washington's Reliance on Economic Pressure, Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew 12. The Rules of the Game: International Law and Iranian-American Relations, Scott R. Anderson 13. 1979 and the World's Second Oil Shock, Samantha Gross Part III: The Ripple Effect of Iran's Revolution across the Middle East 14. How 1979 Transformed the Regional Balance of Power, Itamar Rabinovich 15. The Iranian Revolution's Legacy of Terrorism, Daniel Byman 16. Iraq and the ?First Islamic Revolution?, Ranj Alaaldin 17. Saddam's Monumental Mistakes, Bruce Riedel 18. Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran's Most Successful Export, Jeffrey Feltman 19. The Origins of the Saudi-Iranian Battle for the Broader Middle East, Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel 20. Coexistence and Convergence in Turkish-Iranian Relations, Kemal Kirisci 21. Israel's Reverse Periphery Doctrine, Natan Sachs 22. Emboldened and Then Constrained: Repercussions of Iran's Revolution for Sunni Islamists, Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal 23. In Pakistan, Another Embassy Under Siege, Madiha Afzal 24. Bad Judgment and a Chain of Blunders: Soviet Responses to the Iranian Revolution, Pavel Baev Appendix A: Iranian Revolution Timeline of Events, Suzanne Maloney and Keian Razipour Appendix B: What to Read to Understand the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Suzanne Maloney, Eliora Katz, and Keian Razipour Contributors Index
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