Bibliographies
Ali Ansari (2003), A History of Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and After. Longman Publishing.
Christopher de Belligue, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs
Sandra Mackey (1996), The Iranians – Persia, Islam and the soul of a Nation. Plume, New York
Charles-Philippe David with Nancy Ann Carrol & Zachary A. Selden, ed (1993), Foreign policy failure in the White House – Reappraising the fall of the Shah and the Iran-Contra Affair. UP of America, Lanham
Massoud Karshenas (1990), Oil, state and industrialisation in Iran. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Asghar Schirazi (1997), The constitution of Iran – Politics and the Sate in the Islamic Republic. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
John Foran, ed (1994), A century of revolution – Social movements in Iran. UCL Press, London
Mangol Bayat (1991) Iran's first revolution - Shi'ism and the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1960), Mission for my country. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London
Cyrus Ghani (1998), Iran and the rise of Reza Shah: From Qajar collapse to Pahlavi power. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
Ramesh Sanghvi (1968), Aryamehr, the Shah of Iran – A political biography. Transorient, London
Marvin Zonis (1991), Majestic failure – The fall of the Shah. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Nikki Keddie (1999), Qajar Iran and the rise of Reza Khan 1796-1925. Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa, CA.
Ryszard Kapuscinski (1985), Shah of Shahs. Quartet, London
Homa Katouzian (1999), Musaddiq and the struggle for power in Iran. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
Sepehr Zabih (1982), The Mossadegh era – Roots of the Iranian revolution. Lake View Press, Chicago
James A. Bill & William Roger Louis, ed (1988), Musaddiq, Iranian nationalism and oil. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
James F. Goode (1997), The United States and Iran – In the shadow of Mussadiq. Macmillan, Basingstoke
Kermit Roosevelt (1979), Countercoup – The struggle for the control of Iran. McGraw-Hill, New York
Mostafa Elm (1992), Oil, power, and principle – Iran's oil nationalization and its aftermath. Syracuse University Press, New York
Stephen Kinzer (DATE), All the Shah’s Men. John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New Jersey.
Said Amir Arjomand (1986), “The Iranian Revolution in a Comparative Perspective”. World Politics Vol. 38, No. 3, pg. 384-414, 1986.
Said Amir Arjomand (1988), The Turban for the Crown. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Desmond Harney (1998), The priest and the king – An eyewitness account of the Iranian Revolution. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
Roy Mottahedeh (2000) The mantle of the prophet – Religion and politics in Iran. Oneworld Publications
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1980), Answer to history. Stein & Day Publishers, New York
Nikki Keddie (1981), Roots of revolution – An interpretive history of Modern Iran. Yale University Press, New Haven
(very easy read): Robin Wright (2000), The last great Revolution – Turmoil and transformation in Iran. A. A. Knopf, New York
Mansoor Moaddel (1993), Class, politics, and ideology in the Iranian Revolution. Columbia University Press, New York
David Menashri (1990), Iran – A decade of war and revolution. Holmes & Meier, London
Nikki Keddie and Eric Hooglund, ed (1986) The Iranian revolution & the Islamic Republic. Syracuse University Press, New York
John L. Esposito, ed (1990), The Iranian revolution – its global impact. Florida International University Press, Gainesville
Mohsen M. Milani (1994), The making of Iran's Islamic revolution – From Monarchy to Islamic republic. Westview Press, Boulder
Saul Bakhash (1986), The reign of the Ayatollahs – Iran and the Islamic Revolution. Unwin, London
Dilip Hiro (1987), Iran under the Ayatollahs. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Peter Chelkowski & Hamid Dabashi (2000), Staging a Revolution – The art of persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
Haleh Esfandiari (1997), Reconstructing Lives – Women and Iran’s Islamic Revolution. The Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Washington D.C
Parvin Paidar (1995), Women and the political process in 20th century Iran. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ann Russo & Lourdes Torres, ed (1991), Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Ziba Mir-Hosseini (1999), Islam and Gender – The religious debate in contemporary Iran. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
Deniz Kandiyoti, ed (1991), Women, Islam and the State. Macmillan, Basingstoke
Afsaneh Najmabadi, ed (1990), Women's autobiographies in contemporary Iran. Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts
(really, anything by Afsaneh Najmabadi is excellent on women in Iran)
Azar Tabari & Nahid Yeganeh (1982), In the shadow of Islam – The women's movement in Iran. Zed Books, London
Shahram Chubin & Charles Tripp (1988), Iran and Iraq at war. I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, London
Efraim Karsh (2002), The Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988. Osprey Publishing, Oxford
M.S. El Azhary, ed (1984), The Iran-Iraq war – An historical, economic and political analysis. Croom Helm, London 1984
Efraim Karsh, ed (1987), The Iran-Iraq war – Impact and implications. Macmillan, Basingstoke
Dilip Hiro (1989), The longest war – The Iran-Iraq military conflict. Grafton, London
Daniel Brumberg (2001), Reinventing Khomeini – The struggle for reform in Iran. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Dariush Zahedi (2001) The Iranian revolution then and now – Indicators of regime instability. Westview Press, Boulder
Ali Rahnema & Farhad Nomani (1990), The secular miracle – Religion, politics and economic policy in Iran. Zed Books, London
Eric Hooglund, ed (2002), Twenty years of Islamic Revolution – Political and social transition in Iran since 1979. Syracuse University Press, New York
Nikki Keddie (2003), Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution. Yale University Press.
Iraj Pezeshkzad, My Dear Uncle Napoleone
Marjan Satrapi, Persepolis I and II
Firoozeh Dumas, Funny in Farsi
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