Neither East Nor West
Author: Nikki R. Keddie
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780300046564
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Iranian-Russian Encounters
Author: Stephanie Cronin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0415624339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection will explore the myriad encounters which have taken place between Iranians and Russian in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will include some discussion of diplomacy and foreign policy but a central objective of the collection will be to widen the scholarly perspective to incorporate an understanding of other types of encounter, whether political, economic, social, cultural, or intellectual, and both friendly and hostile, especially as these developed beyond the official and elite levels. In particular it will attempt to understand the complexities of the impact on Iran of the Russian presence on its northern borders: the very expansion of Tsarist empire during the nineteenth century threatening Iran's independence yet bringing ideas of social-democracy to its doorstep, the Soviet Union in the twentieth century similarly contradictory in its effect, sustaining radical Iranian politics while advancing its own strategic interests.
Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran
Author: Habib Ladjevardi
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1985-11-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780815623434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLadjevardi follows the rise and ebb of political development in Iran from 1906 to the recent past by looking at one aspect of political growth: the emergence of labor unions. Presenting a history of the labor movement in Iran, he begins with the genesis of the movement from 1906 to 1921 and then looks at the state of labor unions under Reza Shah from 1925 to 1941. During the 1940s polarization between the unions and the government increased, as did Soviet and British influence on the unions. From 1946 to 1953 Iran saw the rise and fall of government-controlled unions and, after 1953, workers without unions. After years of frustration and countless examples of contradiction between words and deeds, the workers and most of the politically aware populace became cynical about constitutional government, parliamentary elections, the promises of the ruling elite, and the friendship of the Western powers. Ladjevardi’s account of the labor movement in Iran leaves little doubt as to why the workers turned against them all: the monarchy, “Western democracy,” and the West itself.
US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution
Author: C. Emery
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-10-15
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1137329874
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a fresh perspective on the origins of the confrontation between the US and Iran. It demonstrates that, contrary to the claims of Iran's leaders, there was no instinctive American hostility towards the Revolution, and explains why many assumptions guiding US policy were inappropriate for dealing with the new reality in Iran.
Revolutionary Iran
Author: Michael Axworthy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 0199322260
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The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Iran (RLE Iran D)
Author: Aryeh Yodfat
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012-04-27
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 1136833706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRelations between the USSR and Iran during the period from the overthrow of the Shah and the establishment of the Islamic Republic up to early 1983 are reviewed in this book. It begins with a brief survey of Russian-Persian relations in earlier years, with a focus on the developments that served as a background to the current events. It examines Soviet attitudes and reactions to Iran’s foreign and internal policy and highlights the way in which the Soviets often raise events of which they do not approve in order to draw Iran closer to them. In particular, the book discusses the Soviet response to the Iran-Iraq war and the position of the Tudeh Party and the other leftists within Iran. Iran’s policy towards the USSR is treated at length and it is shown that it is suspicious of a tacit USA-USSR agreement over the fate of Iran. Khomeini’s attempts to isolate Iran from both East and West are also reviewed. This book was one of the first to discuss this crucial dimension in Middle East politics and it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the forces driving the Iranian Revolution.
The Cambridge History of the Cold War
Author: Melvyn P. Leffler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-03-25
Total Pages: 663
ISBN-13: 0521837197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period. A team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical environments of the two world wars and interwar period.
Escape to Tehran
Author: Sue Montgomery
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781735572000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTragedy and terrorism couldn't extinguish his hopes for a better life for his beloved family.Escape to Tehran is a powerful true story about how one couple's decision to leave their home in St. Petersburg on the eve of the Communist revolution began an adventurous trek to establish a new life. Twice more they would flee Stalin and the communist before they passed away, leaving their 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter orphaned and earning their living in a new country, Iran.Their son, the author's father, served as translator for the Soviet Union, United States, and British armies in Northern Iran during World War Two. His desire to succeed, however, nearly ended when the Iranians arrested him as a spy.Eventually, he escaped to Tehran, built a successful business, married, and raised a family. But his good fortune was short-lived when Khomeini rose to power.
The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States
Author: Darioush Bayandor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-02
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 3319961195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Islamic Revolution in 1979 transformed Iranian society and reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East. Four decades later, Darioush Bayandor draws upon heretofore untapped archival evidence to reexamine the complex domestic and international dynamics that led to the Revolution. Beginning with the socioeconomic transformation of the 1960s, this book follows the Shah’s rule through the 1970s, tracing the emergence of opposition movements, the Shah’s blunders and miscalculations, the influence of the post-Vietnam zeitgeist and the role of the Carter administration. The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States offers new revelations about how Iran was thrown into chaos and an ailing ruler lost control, with consequences that still reverberate today.
Autocracy, Modernization, and Revolution in Russia and Iran
Author: Tim McDaniel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-07-14
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1400861624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat did the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 share besides their drama? How can we compare a revolution led by Lenin with one inspired by Khomeini? How is a revolution based primarily on the urban working class similar to one founded to a significant degree on traditional groups like the bazaaris, small craftsmen, and religious students and preachers? Identifying a distinctive route to modernity--autocratic modernization--Tim McDaniel explores the dilemmas inherent in the efforts of autocratic monarchies in Russia and Iran to transform their countries into modern industrial societies. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
