Revolutions are watershed events that attempt to transform the existing political order and replace it with a new but better one. Yet the hallmark of most revolutions has been violence, war and dictatorship. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been no exception. This book offers a critical analysis of the Iranian Revolution. It focuses on the upheavals that led to the fall of the Shah. It provides the reader with an appreciation for the interplay of forces in the making of the 1979 revolution and the emergence of the Islamic regime.

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Book Title: Revolution in Iran
Authors: Parviz Daneshvar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14062-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-14064-0Published: 01 January 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-14062-6Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 228
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Asian History, Terrorism and Political Violence, History of Military, Modern History

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Rise and Fall of Mohammad Musaddiq, 1951–3

Imperial Dictatorship and Development, 1953–63

Dictatorship and Pseudo-Modernism, 1963–77

The Revolution, 1977–9

From Consolidation to Theocratic Despotism

Theoretical Perspective, Causes and Consequences

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