Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy
Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy
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Revolutionary Iran
A History of the Islamic Republic

Author: Michael Axworthy

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 19 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/16/2019

Synopsis

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a defining moment of the modern era. Its success unleashed a wave of Islamist fervor across the Middle East and signaled a sharp decline in the appeal of Western ideologies in the Islamic world. Michael Axworthy takes listeners through the major periods in Iranian history over the last thirty years: the overthrow of the old regime and the creation of the new one; the Iran-Iraq war; the reconstruction era following the war; the reformist wave led by Mohammed Khatami; and the present day, in which reactionaries have re-established control. Throughout, he emphasizes that the Iranian revolution was centrally important in modern history because it provided the world with a clear model of development that was not rooted in Western ideologies. Whereas the world's major revolutions of the previous two centuries had been fueled by Western, secular ideologies, the Iranian Revolution drew its inspiration from Islam.

Revolutionary Iran is both richly textured and from one of the leading authorities on the region; combining an expansive scope with the most accessible and definitive account of this epoch in all its humanity.

About Michael Axworthy

Michael Axworthy was Head of the Iran Section of the British Foreign Office from 1998-2000. He is currently Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Exeter, and the author of Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zsa Zsa on August 09, 2019

Quite illuminating......more

Goodreads review by Vikas on January 31, 2015

A key guide to this most-misunderstood country, covering its history and politics right from the Shah's time, through the 1979 revolution, and well after the aftermath of the disputed 2009 elections. The conclusions are spot on and one hopes the West seeks the correct way out rather than the discred......more

Goodreads review by Matt on February 01, 2020

a little too generous towards the shah for my taste. also gets bad around when the iraq war starts and the author takes the time to castigate the iranian government for celebrating the deaths of victims of the war, except by victims he means western soldiers who were invading the country at the time......more

Goodreads review by Boudewijn on November 13, 2021

"A new and definitive account" - this is what I read on the back of this book. Well, it is not new anymore, but it certainly can be called definitive. This book does not start with the Revolution, but starts much earlier: the pre-revolutiinary timeline is given its due attention before we see Ayatol......more

Goodreads review by Brian on February 07, 2021

I like Axworthy's style. He gives a comprehensive, honest, emotionally powerful account of Iran's revolution up to 2012. At every point he paints the situation with a fine grasp of detail and context. But beneath the unfolding events he also shows the deeper human drama, in a way that connects with......more

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