Guardians of the revolution : Iran and the world in the age of the Ayatollahs / Ray Takeyh.

Author/creator Takeyh, Ray, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-295) and index.
LCCN 2008045035
ISBN9780195327847 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0195327845 (acid-free paper)