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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alidad Mafinezam; Aria Mehrabi |
| ISBN: | 9780275999261 0275999262 |
| OCLC Number: | 156902360 |
| Description: | xv, 141 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Learning from the past -- 1. The legacy of unsustained achievements : a tour of Iran's experience with the twentieth century -- Three pivots of Iran's bipolarity -- Constitutional revolution -- World War I -- Reza Shah : the soldier turned King -- World War II -- Mohammad Reza Shah : the cosmopolitan -- Pillars of nation building and regional stability -- The decade of revolution and war -- The Islamic revolution's report card -- pt. 2. Challenges of the present -- 2. Between East and West : the geopolitics of Iran -- The origins of modern foreign policy thinking in Iran -- Foreign policy in the Pahlavi era -- Push and pull : Iran's eastward drift -- Turko-Persian realm -- 3. New directions in Iranian foreign policy -- Introduction -- Ahmadinejad's letters to America : deciphering the foreign policy thinking of Iranian leaders -- Iran and the GCC -- Relations with Russia -- Relations with India -- Relations with China -- 4. Pathways to development : the search for stable progress -- Developing Iran's energy sector -- The challenge of economic reform -- The plight of the poor and rural development -- Education for development -- pt. 3. Prospects for the future -- 5. The culture of development -- The legacy of religious reform - Diversity and multiculturalism in Iran -- Women's rights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Alidad Mafinezam and Aria Mehrabi. |
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