Straddled between the world's two major energy basins, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, and possessing a rich reservoir of hydrocarbon resources as well as diverse minerals, Iran has always been economically significant. The Islamic Revolution thrust the country back onto the political centre-stage, and dramatically altered relations between Iran and the West.This book looks at these developments within an historical context. It charts how Iran sought to respond to the challenge of the West through reform and revolution, and to reverse the deline of the previous century with an ambitious programme of development. Combining detailed historical narrative with comprehensive analysis and explanation, Ali Ansari presents a new interpretation of the complex cultural polity that is modern Iran.
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"...Ansari has written a straightforward, though skilfully analytical, history of Iran" "Times Literary Supplement", July 03
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Whether as friend or foe, Iran continues to play a pivotal role in a strategically vital area of the world. Straddled between the world's two major energy basins, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, and possessing a rich reservoir of hydrocarbon resources as well as diverse minerals and a large and growing population, Iran remains important in economic terms. However, the Islamic Revolution of 1979 thrust Iran back onto the political centre stage and dramatically altered the relationship between Iran and the West. Modern Iran since 1921 places these developments in an historical context, and looks at how Iran sought to respond to the challenge of the West through reform and revolution, to reverse the decline of the previous century with a development programme that would catapult the country back into the top division. This new interpretation combines detailed historical narrative with comprehensive analysis and explanation of political, social and economic developments in Iran during the 20th century. It emphasises those factors which have helped shape attitudes and policies in an effort to explain the complex cultural polity that is modern Iran. Ali M. Ansari is Lecturer in Political History of the Middle East, University of Durham. He is the author of Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change (2000).
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This review is from: Modern Iran since 1921: The Pahlavis and After (Paperback)
This is a good book for readers who are already familiar with the history of the period. The author offers a more or less cogent analysis of the period while assuming that the reader is familiar with the facts, and omitting a thorough description of them. As such, it makes for a rather dry reading. This is a great book if you would like to know what Dr. Anasari thinks of the history of Iran since 1921, but not a great book if you would like to form your own opinions on the subject.
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This review is from: Modern Iran since 1921: The Pahlavis and After (Paperback)
The book is a brave, if concise attempt to provide a history of Iran during the twentieth century and beyond. It is base on mostly secondary sources but also includes some archival and other primary research. The author's starting point is 1921, when a military coup put Cossack Colonel Reza Khan (Pahlavi) on his path to become king and attempt to modernize the Iranian society from above.
The book's strong point is the author's methodical attempt to dispel pro-monarchy myths, put forward by some Iranians (including the shah himself), to portray the revolution as an attempt by the US and Britain to undermine the shah. By going through the shah's reign step by step, the author once more shows how the shah's own mismanagement and the nature of his despotic rule, and not any plot by foreigners, were the cause of his regime's demise. Another strong point of the book is the author's ability to provide a context, chronology, and analysis for the thirteen months of revolutionary upheaval leading to toppling of the shah's regime. However, Ali M. Ansari's book should not be considered an in-depth analytical study of Iran in the twentieth century but an overview of a turbulent century in Iran's long history.
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Not based on facts.,
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Poorly written book and not based on historical facts. Clearly a biast point of view written by one of the supporters of the regime. It was written/designed as part of the propaganda to promote current regime in Iran and make all accomplishments of the Pahlavi dynasty insignificant. Not worth the time spent reading it.
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