Revolutionary Iran: A History of The Islamic Republic - Axworthy, Michael (London Penguin Books, 2013)
Prologue: "ten days of dawn" (Daheh-ye Fajr) The background: Ma chegoneh ma shodim? ("How did we become what we are?") The 1970s and the slide to revolution Like the person he ought to be: Islamic republic, 1979-80 Jang-e Tahmili: the imposed war, 1980-88 The end of the war, the death of the emam, and reconstruction: Khamenei and Rafsanjani, 1988-97 Bim-e mowj (Fear of the wave): Khatami and reform, 1997-2005 Everything must change, so that everything can stay the same: Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, 2005-12.
Keywords: History; Iran - History - Revolution, 1979; Iran - History - 1979-1997; Iran - History - 1997-; Iran; Overseas item; Political Conditions; Revolution