Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos

by Patrick Clawson, M. Rubin

Exploring continuities and changes, this book provides the historical backdrop crucial to understanding how Iranian pride and sense of victimization combine to make its politics contentious and potentially dangerous.

Genres: Iran, History

212 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2005

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brief book covering a long period of time. It does a very good job of introducing the reader to the highlights of Iran's past and empires that preceded it, in order to help understand current events in context. This is a great introduction to beginning research on the country. It provides thorough and concise context. Read this before you read other books on Iran.

[Bill Perrin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The authors seem to have read lots of USA think-tank reports and read a few books and cobbled together a short book about Iran. There selection of quotes and events used to illustrate their views provides a clear view of the ideology they espouse. They are uncritical of their sources and in a couple of cases present propaganda as fact. Disappointing.

[Hooman Attar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new look at Iran