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The Iranian revolution : its global impact /

Foucault and the Iranian Revolution : gender and the seductions of Islamism / by Afary, Janet

Table of Contents: “…The paradoxical world of Foucault : the modern and the traditional social orders -- Processions, passion plays, and rites of penance : Foucault, Shiʻism, and early Christian Rituals -- Foucault's writings on the Iranian Revolution and after. The visits to Iran and the controversies with "Atoussa H." and Maxime Rodinson -- Debating the outcome of the revolution, especially on women's rights -- Foucault, gender, and male homosexualities in Mediterranean and Muslim Societies -- Epilogue : from the Iranian Revolution to September 11, 2001 -- Appendix : Foucault and his critics, an annotated translation.…”
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Inside the Iranian revolution / by Stempel, John D., 1938-

Class, politics, and ideology in the Iranian revolution / by Moaddel, Mansoor

Contact. Iranian Revolution / Abbas Attar

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The Islamic republic and the world : global dimensions of the Iranian revolution / by Panah, Maryam

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 1. The Iranian Revolution in international context : a theoretical perspective -- 2. …”
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Why intelligence fails : lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War / by Jervis, Robert, 1940-2021

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Why intelligence fails : lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War / by Jervis, Robert, 1940-2021

Small media, big revolution : communication, culture, and the Iranian revolution / by Sreberny, Annabelle, Mohammadi, Ali

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Revolution and war by Walt, Stephen M., 1955-

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U.S. foreign policy and Muslim women's human rights / United States foreign policy and Muslim women's human rights by Shannon, Kelly J.

Table of Contents: “…Battling the Veil: American Reactions to the Iranian Revolution --…”
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A century of revolution : social movements in Iran

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Foucault in Iran : Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment by Ghamari-Tabrizi, Behrooz

Table of Contents: “…The Iranian revolution as a moment of enlightenment -- Conclusion: writing the history of the present.…”
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A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is by McHugo, John, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…In the Beginning : Before There Were Sunnis and Shi'is -- How Civil War Came to Islam -- Of Umayyads and Abbasids -- The Split Between Sunnis and Shi'is -- Of Ismailis, Assassins, Druze, Zaydis, Gnostic Shi'is, Alawis and Sufis -- How Iran Became Shi'i -- The Ottoman Empire, India and the Muslim Reformation -- The Long Nineteenth Century and the Coming of Western Dominance -- Between the Two World Wars -- Tides Ebb and Flow -- The Iranian Revolution and The Iran-Iraq War -- From the Iranian Revolution to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq -- Wedges into Fault-Lines.…”
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Revolutions in world history by Richards, Michael D.

Table of Contents: “…Bringing revolutions back into history -- The British revolutions of the seventeenth century -- The Mexican revolution -- The Russian revolution -- The Vietnamese revolution -- The Iranian revolution -- Revolutions in world history.…”
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Covering the Shi`a : English press representation of the Lebanese Shi`a 1975-1985 by Tomlinson, Robert, 1952 October 24-

Table of Contents: “…Musa al-Sadr and the Shià narratives in Lebanon -- The Shià expulsion from Nabà -- The effects of the Iranian revolution on the Lebanese Shià -- The Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1982 -- Epilogue.…”
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Constructing Cassandra : reframing intelligence failure at the CIA, 1947-2001 by Jones, Milo, 1967-, Silberzahn, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…The work of intelligence -- How the CIA is made -- The Iranian Revolution -- The collapse of the USSR -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- The terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 -- The CIA and the future of intelligence.…”
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Foucault's Orient : the conundrum of cultural difference, from Tunisia to Japan by Lazreg, Marnia

Table of Contents: “…The Chinese Encyclopedia and the Challenge of Difference -- Madness and Cultural Difference -- Foucault and Kant's Cosmopolitan Anthropology -- Foucault's Negative Anthropology -- Foucault's Anthropology of the Iranian Revolution -- The Heterotopia of Tunisia -- The Enigma of Japan -- Japan and Foucault's Anthropological Bind -- Epilogue.…”
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Islam in the balance : ideational threats in Arab politics by Rubin, Lawrence, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The ideational security dilemma, ideational power, and ideational balancing -- Ideational projection after the Iranian Revolution -- The power of a weak state : Sudan's relations with Saudi Arabia and Egypt -- Indirect power projection and ideational balancing after Khomeni -- Conclusion : balancing the Brotherhood.…”
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Revolutionary Iran : a history of the Islamic republic by Axworthy, Michael

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Losing hearts and minds : American-Iranian relations and international education during the Cold War by Shannon, Matthew K., 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : education between Iran and the west -- The foundation : education, development, and the tenuous path of the 1950s -- The window : negotiating modernization and rights during the Kennedy era -- The youth : student internationalism during the global 1960s -- The boom : America's Iran in the 1970s -- The reckoning : human rights, Iran, and the world -- Conclusion : the internationalisms of the Iranian revolution.…”
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Persian service : the BBC and British interests in Iran by Sreberny, Annabelle, Torfeh, Massoumeh

Table of Contents: “…From propaganda to public diplomacy: the changing paradigms -- The establishment of BBC World Service Persian radio -- The BBC World Service, the British government and the nationalization of Iranian oil -- The BBC and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 -- BBC broadcasting to Afghanistan -- Culture wars as foreign policy: BBC Persian television and the Islamic Republic of Iran.…”
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Critical turning points in the Middle East : 1915 - 2015 by Al-Rodhan, Nayef R. F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The historical legacy: the rise and fall of the Golden Era -- Double diplomacy and betrayal -- The Arab defeat -- The Six-Day War and its consequences -- The Iranian Revolution and its aftershock -- A new strategic context in the Middle East -- September 11 and after -- Implications for a potential seventh critical turning point, 2011-15.…”

Islam and the myth of confrontation : religion and politics in the Middle East / Islam & the myth of confrontation by Halliday, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The Middle East and International Politics -- 2. The Iranian Revolution in Comparative Perspective -- 3. The Gulf War, 1990-91 -- 4. …”

Varieties of multiple modernities : new research design

Table of Contents: “…Multiple modernities view to contemporary societies -- Multipolarity means thinking plural : modernities / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Multiple modernities "East" and "West" and the quest for universal human rights / Luis Roniger -- Theorizing of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 : the multiple contexts of the Iranian Revolution / Mehdi P. …”
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The modern Middle East : a political history since the First World War by Kamrava, Mehran, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Part I.A political history of the Middle East -- From Islam to the Great War -- From territories to independent states -- The age of nationalism -- The Arab-Israel wars -- The Iranian revolution -- The Gulf wars and beyond -- Part II. …”
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The modern Middle East : a political history since the First World War by Kamrava, Mehran, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Part I.A political history of the Middle East -- From Islam to the Great War -- From territories to independent states -- The age of nationalism -- The Arab-Israel wars -- The Iranian revolution -- The Gulf wars and beyond -- Part II. …”
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Saudi Arabia and the New Strategic Landscape. by Teitelbaum, Joshua

Table of Contents: “…Allies in the Persian Gulf; A Pillar Collapses: From the IranianRevolution to the End of the Cold War; The New Strategic Landscape; The U.S. and Saudi Security: Failing toUnderstand the New Strategic Landscape; Notes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Herbert and JaneDwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order; Index.…”
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The last great Senate : courage and statesmanship in times of crisis by Shapiro, Ira S., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The grind -- The natural -- Great expectations, different agendas -- Hawk and Dove -- The appearance of impropriety -- The liberal filibuster -- A year of living dangerously -- The Panama Canal fight -- Venturing into the Middle East -- An epic business-labor clash -- Saving New York -- Closing days -- Before the storm -- Energy battles after the Iranian Revolution -- Fighting the economic tide -- SALT II: death by a thousand cuts -- A tough political climate -- America's last frontier -- Fighting to survive -- The lame-duck session.…”
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Why civil resistance works : the strategic logic of nonviolent conflict by Chenoweth, Erica, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Case studies : The Iranian revolution, 1977-1979 ; The first Palestinian intifada, 1987-1992 ; The Philippine people power movement, 1983-1986 ; Why civil resistance sometimes fails: the Burmese uprising, 1988-1990 -- Pt. …”
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Iran and the global economy : petro populism, Islam and economic sanctions

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The modern Middle East : a history by Gelvin, James L., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…From late antiquity to the dawn of a new age -- Gunpowder empires -- The Middle East and the modern world system -- War, diplomacy, and the new global balance of power -- Defensive developmentalism -- Imperialism -- Wasif Jawhariyyeh and the great nineteenth-century transformation -- The life of the mind -- Secularism and modernity -- Constitutionalism -- State-building by decree -- State-building by revolution and conquest -- The introduction and spread of nationalism -- The origins of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute -- State and society in the contemporary Middle East : an old/new relationship -- Oil -- The United States and the Middle East -- Israel, the Arab states, and the Palestinians -- The Iranian revolution -- Political Islam -- The Middle East in the "age of globalization".…”

Star spangled security : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America by Brown, Harold, 1927-2019

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Oh, say can you see : the view from the top -- What so proudly we hail : insuring national defense through its budget -- Stripes and bright stars : how the team at the top affects security policy -- The perilous fight : Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis -- Rockets' red glare and bombs : plans, programs, and agreements -- The ramparts we watched : dealing with the outside world -- That banner yet waves : preparing for what lies ahead -- Land of the free : stimulating the national economy for international security -- Home of the brave : America at a tipping point.…”
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Failing the crystal ball test : the Carter administration and the fundamentalist revolution in Iran by Seliktar, Ofira

Table of Contents: “…: WASHINGTON BETS ON THE MODERATES -- THE LONG FALL: THE PUSH FOR A FUNDAMENTALIST HEGEMONY -- THE UNWELCOME VISITOR: THE POLITICS OF THE SHAH'S ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE SEIZURE OF THE EMBASSY -- 6 Reflections on Predictive Failures -- PARADIGMATIC FAILURE -- POLICY FAILURE -- INTELLIGENCE FAILURE -- UNDERSTANDING THE "GREAT UNKNOWN": THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND PREDICTING POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE -- References -- Index -- About the Author.…”
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Nonviolent Resistance.

Table of Contents: “…DISCUSSION: ANALYZING STRATEGIC NONCONFRONTATIONCONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; PART II: NONVIOLENT CHALLENGES AND REGIME DILEMMAS; INSIDE THE IRON CAGE OF LIBERALISM: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND NONVIOLENT SUCCESS IN THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP; IRAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAN'S NONVIOLENT REVOLUTION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; BEYOND RATIONAL CHOICE: IDEATIONAL ASSAULT AND THE STRATEGIC USE OF FRAMES IN NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE; INTRODUCTION; THE UTILITY-MAXIMIZING AGENT…”
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Sectarian politics in the Gulf : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings by Wehrey, Frederic M.

Table of Contents: “…Governance, society, and identity in the gulf -- The long shadow of the Iranian revolution -- Bahrain. Debating participation: the Bahraini Shi'a and regional influences -- Sectarian balancing: the Bahraini Sunnis and a polarized parliament -- Into the abyss: the pearl roundabout uprising and its aftermath -- Saudi Arabia. …”
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Sectarian politics in the Gulf : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings by Wehrey, Frederic M.

Table of Contents: “…Governance, society, and identity in the gulf -- The long shadow of the Iranian revolution -- Bahrain. Debating participation: the Bahraini Shi'a and regional influences -- Sectarian balancing: the Bahraini Sunnis and a polarized parliament -- Into the abyss: the pearl roundabout uprising and its aftermath -- Saudi Arabia. …”
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Iranian history and politics : the dialectic of state and society by Katouzian, Homa

Table of Contents: “…The theory of arbitrary rule: status and implications -- Towards a general theory of Iranian revolutions -- Arbitrary rule: a comparative theory of state, politics and society in Iran -- The Aridisolatic Society: a model of long-term social and economic development in Iran -- European liberalisms and modern concepts of liberty in Iran -- Problems of democracy and the public sphere in modern Iran -- Problems of political development in Iran: democracy, dictatorship or arbitrary government -- Liberty and licence in the constitutional revolution of Iran -- The campaign against the Anglo-Iranian Agreement of 1919 -- The revolt of Shaikh Mohammed Khiyabani -- Iran's fiscal history and the nature of state and society in Iran -- The execution of Amir Hasank the Vazir: some lessons for the historical sociology of Iran.…”
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Foucault's Theatres by Gotman, Kélina

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical phantasms: 'the Platonic differential' and 'Zarathustra's laughter'Cage and Foucault: musical timekeeping and the security.state; Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: reassessed; Sightlines: Foucault and Naturalist theatre; Theatre of poverty: popular illegalism on the nineteenth-century stage; The philosophical scene: Foucault interviewed by Moriaki Watanabe; After words, afterwards: teaching Foucault; Index…”
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Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization : Negotiating Modernity in Iran. by Mirsepassi, Ali

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