Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf

H. Amirahmadi and N. Entessar

List of figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Part I: Persian Gulf in Turmoil: Political and Economic Condition Introduction Part II: Islam and Revolution 1. Why has Iran been revolutionary? 2. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Legacy 3. A Countersensational Perspective on the Shi’a of Lebanon Part III: Economic destruction and reconstruction 4. Economic Destruction and Imbalances in Post-Revolutionary Iran 5. Iranian Economic Reconstruction Plan and Prospects for its Success Part IV: Iran and the Arab World 6. Wheels within wheels: Iran’s Foreign Policy: Towards the Arab World 7. Iran, GCC, and the Security Dimensions in the Persian Gulf 8. Non-provocative Defence in the Persian Gulf Part V: Iran and the Superpowers 9. US Foreign Policy and the Islamic Revolution 10. Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’ and Islamic Iran: From Containment to Reconciliation Index