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1) Iran: what everyone needs to know

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Axworthy, Michael

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©2017.	Oxford University Press	x, 210 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 955 AXWOR	More Info Place Hold

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"Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy reserves. Yet the close attention paid to Iran in recent decades stems from the impact of the 1979 revolution, which unleashed ideological shock waves...

2) Revolutionary Iran: a history of the Islamic republic

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Axworthy, Michael

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[2013]	Oxford University Press	xxii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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"In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands, demanding free, democratic government. Axworthy explains how that outpouring of support for an end to tyranny in Iran paused and then moved on to other areas in the region like Egypt and Libya, leaving Iran's leadership...

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