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Iran's Military Forces and Warfighting Capabilities
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 55.00Offers a comprehensive review of of Iran's military forces and a balanced assessment of its regional threat. more...
Iran in Crisis?
Zed Books 2004; US$ 31.95This book looks at the causes of Iran's domestic and international tensions and considers some of the possible outcomes. In particular, it asks: Is Iran really on the way to developing nuclear weapons? What is the Iranian Qods Force doing in Iraq and Afghanistan? And why? What are Irans connections with Middle East terror groups?... more...
Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle East and in global affairs more generally. This book examines the history of international relations in the Gulf since the 1820s as great powers such as Britain and the US, and regional powers such as Iran... more...
Iran-Europe Relations
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95This book provides an assessment of relations between Iran and Europe, identifying the areas of common interest as well as the issues of conflict, whilst putting contemporary relations into their proper context with an account of their development since the early years of the twentieth century. Written by a former diplomat who served as the first... more...
Russia and Iran, 1780-1828
University of Minnesota Press 1980; US$ 67.50Modern Russo-Iranian relations date from the late eighteenth century, when after several centuries of commercial and diplomatic contact, the two nations entered a period of extended warfare for possession of the Caucasian borderlands, disputed territory t more...
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 14.95A Los Angeles Times and Economist Best Book of the YearWith a New Preface The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, journalist Hooman Majd is uniquely qualified to explain contemporary Iran's complex and misunderstood culture to Western readers. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ provides an intimate look at a paradoxical... more...
The Devil We Know
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00Over the past thirty years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America?s destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this book?s central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran?s grip on America?s future is even tighter. As ex?CIA... more...
Irans Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Iran is one of the most important U.S. foreign policy concerns but is. extraordinarily difficult to engage. The authors assess current political,. ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran, then. offer recommendations on U.S. policies that might foster the trends. beneficial to U.S. interests. However, if these trends do... more...
Comte de Gobineau and Orientalism
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau?s vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi episode in Persia, Gobineau?s work impacted significantly... more...
The Origins of the 'Second' Temple
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2005; US$ 36.05Darius I, King of Persia, claimed to have rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem but this book argues that it was rebuilt under the reign of Artaxerxes I. more...









