Iranian Revolution at Forty (eBook)

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Iran Recast

1. A View of the Revolution from the Shah’s Palace, Strobe Talbott

2. The Revolution’s Broken Promises, Ali Fathollah-Nejad

3. Iran’s Economy since the Revolution: Populism and Pragmatism, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

4. Revolution, Reform, and the Future of the Islamic Republic, Suzanne Maloney

5. Poppies and Public Health: 1979 and Narcotics in Iran, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bradley S. Porter

6. Girls of Revolution Street: Iranian Women since 1979, Suzanne Maloney and Eliora Katz

Part II: The Revolution and Washington

7. “We Used to Run This Country”: How the Revolution Upended an American-Iranian Alliance, Suzanne Maloney

8. After 1979, America’s Torch Song for Tehran, Kenneth Pollack

9. The Iranian Hostage Crisis and Its Effect on American Politics, Elaine Kamarck

10. Washington, the Shah, and the Problem of Autocratic Allies, Tamara Cofman Wittes

11. The Revolution and Washington’s Reliance on Economic Pressure, Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew

12. The Rules of the Game: International Law and Iranian-American Relations, Scott R. Anderson

13. 1979 and the World’s Second Oil Shock, Samantha Gross

Part III: The Ripple Effect of Iran’s Revolution across the Middle East

14. How 1979 Transformed the Regional Balance of Power, Itamar Rabinovich

15. The Iranian Revolution’s Legacy of Terrorism, Daniel Byman

16. Iraq and the “First Islamic Revolution”, Ranj Alaaldin

17. Saddam’s Monumental Mistakes, Bruce Riedel

18. Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran’s Most Successful Export, Jeffrey Feltman

19. The Origins of the Saudi-Iranian Battle for the Broader Middle East, Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel

20. Coexistence and Convergence in Turkish-Iranian Relations, Kemal Kirişci

21. Israel’s Reverse Periphery Doctrine, Natan Sachs

22. Emboldened and Then Constrained: Repercussions of Iran’s Revolution for Sunni Islamists, Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal

23. In Pakistan, Another Embassy Under Siege, Madiha Afzal

24. Bad Judgment and a Chain of Blunders: Soviet Responses to the Iranian Revolution, Pavel Baev

Appendix A: Iranian Revolution Timeline of Events, Suzanne Maloney and Keian Razipour

Appendix B: What to Read to Understand the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Suzanne Maloney, Eliora Katz, and Keian Razipour

Contributors

Index