Guardians of the revolution : Iran and the world in the age of the Ayatollahs / Ray Takeyh.
| Author/creator | Takeyh, Ray, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description | viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- pt. I. The revolutionary years -- Khomeini's ideology and Iran's grand strategy -- Relations with the "Great Satan" -- Turmoil in the Levant: Iran, Israel, and the politics of the Arab East -- Iran-Iraq war -- pt. II. The rise of pragmatism and the new priorities -- Pragmatic restraint: Iranian politics during the Rafsanjani era -- Reconciliaiton diplomacy and its limits -- The Satans -- pt. III. The age of reform -- The odyssey of the reform movement -- September 11 and the politics of fear, hope, and necessity -- pt. IV. Hegemony at last? -- The rise of the new right -- The Ahmadinejad era. |
| General note | "A Council on Foreign Relations book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-295) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008045035 |
| ISBN | 9780195327847 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0195327845 (acid-free paper) |