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  title info:
    title: Iran rising
    sub title: the survival and future of the Islamic Republic
  name:
    name part: Saikal, Amin
    name part: 1950-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2019
    copyright date: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvi, 326 pages ; 24 cm.
  abstract: When Iranians overthrew their monarchy, rejecting a pro-Western shah in favor of an Islamic regime, many observers predicted that revolutionary turmoil would paralyze the country for decades to come. Yet forty years after the 1978-79 revolution, Iran has emerged as a critical player in the Middle East and the wider world, as demonstrated in part by the 2015 international nuclear agreement. In Iran Rising, Iran specialist Amin Saikal describes how the country has managed to survive despite ongoing domestic struggles, Western sanctions and countless other serious challenges. Saikal explores Iran's recent history, beginning with the revolution, which set in motion a number of developments, including war with Iraq, precarious relations with Arab neighbors and hostilities with Israel and the United States. He highlights the regime's agility as it navigated a complex relationship with Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, survived the Gulf Wars and handled fallout from the Iraqi and Syrian crises. Such success, Saikal maintains, stems from a distinctive political order, comprising both a supreme Islamic leader and an elected president and national assembly, which can fuse religious and nationalist assertiveness with pragmatic policy actions at home and abroad. But Iran's accomplishments, including its nuclear development and ability to fight ISIS, have cost its people, who are desperately pressuring the ruling clerics for economic and social reforms, changes that might in turn influence the country's foreign policy.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Revolution and transition -- Khomeini's theo-political order -- The Islamic Order under Khamenei: from Rafsanjani to Rouhani -- Resource capabilities -- Regional relations -- Relations with major powers -- Conclusion.
  target audience: adult
  note: Amin Saikal.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-ir---
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Politics and government
    temporal: 1979-1997
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Politics and government
    temporal: 1997-
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Foreign relations
    temporal: 1979-1997
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Foreign relations
    temporal: 1997-
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1979-1997
  subject:
    geographic: Iran
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1997-
  classification: DS318.8 S244 2019
  classification: 955.05/4
  identifier: 0691175470
  identifier: 9780691175478
  identifier: 2018936897
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 180430
    record change date: 20190422105528.0
    record identifier: in00004004940