LEADER 02693oam 2200433 a 450 001 9910704419703321 005 20130927095412.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002441501 035 $a(OCoLC)807244591 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002441501 100 $a20120821d2011 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIran's Islamic revolution$b[electronic resource] $elessons for the Arab spring of 2011? /$fby Michael Eisenstadt 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cInstitute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (12 pages) 225 1 $aStrategic forum ;$v267 300 $a"April 2011." 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on July 11, 2013). 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed August 21, 2012) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p 11). 330 $a"The Islamic Revolution surprised senior U.S. policymakers as well as the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On the eve of revolution, Iran--a key U.S. ally--seemed relatively stable despite bouts of urban terrorism in the early and mid-1970s. At the first signs of escalating unrest in early 1978, neither Iranian nor U.S. officials considered the possibility that Iran's armed forces, the largest and most modern in the region (next to those of Israel), would prove unable to deal with whatever trouble lay ahead. The fall of the Shah a year later, therefore, raised searching questions regarding the role of the armed forces during the crisis and its failure to quash the revolution. The recent emergence of popular protest movements that have overthrown authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt--and that are challenging similar regimes in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria--has revived memories of the Shah and his fall. These developments have again raised questions regarding the role of armed forces during revolutions and whether Iran's experience during the Islamic Revolution and after holds relevant lessons for current developments in the Middle East"--Publisher's description. 517 $aIran's Islamic revolution 607 $aIran$xHistory$y1979-1997 607 $aIran$xHistory$yMohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979 700 $aEisenstadt$b Michael$01393651 712 02$aNational Defense University.$bInstitute for National Strategic Studies. 712 02$aInstitute for National Strategy (U.S.) 801 0$bDOS 801 1$bDOS 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910704419703321 996 $aIran's Islamic revolution$93449970 997 $aUNINA