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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811965403321

Autore

Takeyh Ray <1966->

Titolo

Guardians of the revolution : Iran and the world in the age of the Ayatollahs / / Ray Takeyh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-773348-4

0-19-979313-1

0-19-971660-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

327.55

955

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Iran

Iran Foreign relations 1979-1997

Iran Foreign relations 1997-

Iran Politics and government 1979-1997

Iran Politics and government 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; PART I. THE REVOLUTIONARY YEARS; PART II. THE RISE OF PRAGMATISM AND THE NEW PRIORITIES; PART III. THE AGE OF REFORM; PART IV. HEGEMONY AT LAST?; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ray Takeyh argues that the US's task is to find strategies that address Iran's objectionable behavior without demonizing this key player in an increasingly vital and volatile region. With its grasp of both nuance and historical sweep, this book will be the standard work on this controversial actor in world politics for years to come.