The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Iran (RLE Iran D)
Title | The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Iran (RLE Iran D) PDF eBook |
Author | Aryeh Yodfat |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136833706 |
Relations between the USSR and Iran during the period from the overthrow of the Shah and the establishment of the Islamic Republic up to early 1983 are reviewed in this book. It begins with a brief survey of Russian-Persian relations in earlier years, with a focus on the developments that served as a background to the current events. It examines Soviet attitudes and reactions to Iran’s foreign and internal policy and highlights the way in which the Soviets often raise events of which they do not approve in order to draw Iran closer to them. In particular, the book discusses the Soviet response to the Iran-Iraq war and the position of the Tudeh Party and the other leftists within Iran. Iran’s policy towards the USSR is treated at length and it is shown that it is suspicious of a tacit USA-USSR agreement over the fate of Iran. Khomeini’s attempts to isolate Iran from both East and West are also reviewed. This book was one of the first to discuss this crucial dimension in Middle East politics and it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the forces driving the Iranian Revolution.
The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Iran
Title | The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Aryeh Yodfat |
Publisher | London : Croom Helm ; New York : St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Iran |
ISBN | 9780312749118 |
The Soviet Union and the Arabian Peninsula (RLE Iran D)
Title | The Soviet Union and the Arabian Peninsula (RLE Iran D) PDF eBook |
Author | Aryeh Yodfat |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136833773 |
In the first years of the Soviet regime there was little, if any, Soviet interest in Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Over the last fifty years relations between Russia and this part of the world have become more complex; this book traces their intricate history in a full analysis of Soviet policy towards the Arabian Peninsula. It opens with a review of events from the beginning of the Soviet regime until 1975. The author goes on to consider the period between 1975 and 1978, concentrating especially on Soviet relations with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and South Yemen. The impact of the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamic Republic in 1979 is examined in detail, with the emphasis on the situation in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and both North and South Yemen. Finally the author examines the effect on Soviet policy of the Iran-Iraq war and the subsequent insecurity in the Gulf region. This study is based on mainly primary sources of Soviet, Arab, Iranian and Western origins.
Iran--Soviet interests, US concerns
Title | Iran--Soviet interests, US concerns PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 111 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1428981950 |
The Soviet Union and the Iran
Title | The Soviet Union and the Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Miron Rezun |
Publisher | Brill Archive |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 1981-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9789028626218 |
Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D)
Title | Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran D) PDF eBook |
Author | Sepehr Zabir |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136833005 |
Since the turn of the century Iran has experienced three major political upheavals in the struggle to democratize her political systems. The last revolution inaugurated an era of unprecedented turmoil and instead of fulfilling its democratic aim, paved the way for an even more despotic theocracy. To put the revolution in a proper perspective, some attempt is made to explain the reasons for Khomeini’s success in acquiring first, the symbolic leadership of the anti-Shah revolution, and then, the monopolistic control of power in Iran. How and why the other claimants to power were shunted aside and later brutally repressed is a further theme for discussion. The domestic and external ramifications of the revolution are examined in detail; in particular the rise of the anti-American feeling which culminated in the hostage crisis. In conclusion, an analysis is offered of the instrumentalities of power available to the Islamic Republic, and several scenarios are explored in which Iran’s competing forces may converge to determine whether this third revolution will finally succeed in subordinating political authority to popular democratic consent.
Neither East Nor West
Title | Neither East Nor West PDF eBook |
Author | Nikki R. Keddie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Iran |
ISBN | 9780300046564 |