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Iran by Ali M. Ansari
Category: History | Series: Polity Histories Ser.
Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate; an anti-colonial state with imperial pretensions of its own: modern Iran is in many ways a reflection of its struggle to reconcile its traditio ...Show more
Iran: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Ansari
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding of Iran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and nuanced political culture and civilization. This Ver ...Show more
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