Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding IranPenguin, 2003 - 297 halaman The Complete Idiot's GuideR to Understanding Iran , explores the country's origins, from its long and turbulent beginnings as ancient Persia and its transformation into modern Iran. The author covers the rise of the Ayatollahs and Islamic fundamentalism; the 1979 revolution and the subsequent hostage crisis; the Iran-Iraq war; the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan administration; Iran's sponsorship of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas; and how evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program affects its relationship with the world in general - both now and in the years to come. With a younger generation now chafing under the hard-line mullahs' social repression, the situation grows more volatile each day. The Complete Idiot's GuideR to Understanding Iran will be a detailed, comprehensive, and unbiased overview of this complex but often fascinating land. |
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The Basics | 1 |
Why Iran Matters | 3 |
Source of Culture and Confusion | 4 |
Three Flashpoints | 6 |
Nuclear Weapons | 9 |
Internal Unrest | 11 |
A Force to Be Reckoned With | 12 |
Common Questions About Iran | 15 |
The Early War | 129 |
Stopping the Iraqi Advanceand Launching the Human Wave | 130 |
Iraq Retreats | 131 |
Horrific Casualties | 132 |
Endgame | 133 |
Iran Turns Inward | 134 |
The Islamic Republic Meets the Real World | 135 |
Is the Islamic Republic Really a Democracy? | 136 |
How Big Is the Iranian Army? | 17 |
Is Oil Important to the Iranian Economy? | 18 |
Who Are the Kurds? | 20 |
Who Are the Shiites and the Sunnis? | 21 |
Is Iran a Dictatorship? | 22 |
Common Misconceptions About Iran | 23 |
By the Numbers Iran Today | 25 |
The Lowdown | 27 |
Money Money | 28 |
Long and Turbulent History | 31 |
Ancient Persia A Story of Three Cultures | 33 |
A Separate People | 34 |
Enter the Aryans | 38 |
The Persians Take Center Stage | 39 |
Good and Evil on the Persian Plain | 40 |
The Heritage of Modern Iran | 43 |
Civil War and the Rise of Darius | 44 |
The Persian Wars | 48 |
The Persians Keep the Lid On | 50 |
Seleucis Takes Up the Crown from Alexander | 51 |
The Path of the Prophet | 53 |
Man on a Mission | 54 |
Shiism and the Path of Imam Hussain | 63 |
Persia Joins the Fold | 65 |
The Prophets SoninLaw Assumes Authority | 66 |
The Rise of the Ummayads and Their Conflict with the Prophets Family | 67 |
A New Page in History | 68 |
Sunni and Shia | 69 |
From Arab Conquest to the Great Game Persia Perseveres | 73 |
Flourishinq Under the Arabs | 74 |
Shiism Spreads into Persia | 75 |
Mongols Crash the Party | 76 |
The Safavids Take Charge | 77 |
The Qajars Take Up Where the Safavids Leave Off | 79 |
The Shahs Watch the Great Game | 81 |
The Western Powers Alienate the ClergyAct One | 82 |
Iran Between the World Wars Oil and Empire | 85 |
British Attention Shifts to Persia | 86 |
Oil Makes Its Mark | 87 |
DArcy Avoids a CashFlow Crisis | 88 |
The British Set Up Shop in Tehran | 89 |
Neutrality Compromised | 90 |
Between the World Wars | 91 |
The British and Russians Intervene Again | 92 |
Iran and the Cold War | 95 |
A Geopolitical Agenda | 96 |
Means to an End | 98 |
Unchallenged Authority | 100 |
TwentySix Years of Abuse of Power | 101 |
The Era of Ayatollahs 19792002 | 103 |
The Ascent of Fundamentalism | 105 |
The Shah Goes on Vacation | 109 |
The Ayatollah Returns | 110 |
This Town Aint Big Enough for Two of Us | 111 |
The Hostage Crisis | 113 |
Carters Worst Call | 114 |
A SitIn Becomes a Siege | 115 |
What the Crisis Did for the Clerical Establishment | 116 |
Carter Runs Out of Options | 117 |
A Rescue Attempt Ends in Failure | 118 |
Moving Toward an Endgame | 119 |
Survival and Revenge | 123 |
The ShattalArab | 125 |
Six Not Three | 137 |
Clerics Rule | 140 |
What Was Going On? | 142 |
The Reform Movement | 145 |
Rafsanjani Bows Out | 146 |
A Demographic Dilemma | 147 |
A Landslidebut Not a Mandatejfkldsjglkdj | 148 |
The Reformers Get Cut Off at the Passmvfkld sdlk gjdklf kljdfklg dfslgjdlgj g | 149 |
Working for the Clampdownkljgkljg q | 150 |
The Question of Women the Question of Equalitylaijfldfkg | 151 |
Outmaneuveredbut for How Long? dkkcjdfglkdg | 153 |
Irans Relationship with the World SDKKGJDLKGJSLKFGMSF jsdl | 155 |
Islam and the Challenge of Modernity sdkfsd | 157 |
What Is a Modern Society Anyway? lkfjsdlj | 158 |
And YetLKKDSJGLSDK | 160 |
Why the Descent?Ksj f | 162 |
Reclaiming the Muslim RenaissanceKJ LSJ j | 163 |
Khatamis Corner of the SkyJLJDLKJLkns | 164 |
ChapterHL | 167 |
Five Key Questions LHFLKOI | 168 |
Whats the Direction?Jlk | 175 |
Iran and Terrorist Movementsnsoiqjndlicjl | 177 |
A Word About the SponsorJOIJNEDLKJN | 179 |
The Rogues GalleryQOIJ | 182 |
SanctionsUS Response to Irans Sponsorship of TerrorismLJDL | 186 |
Is Uncle Sam a Target?NLIH | 187 |
Iran and Weapons of Mass DestructionNLKNLWFKNLWKJH | 189 |
A PrimerLJORFNO | 190 |
Who Is Helping Iran?JR | 193 |
What Would Iran Do with Nuclear Weapons?NLKFJOQJO | 195 |
Reining in the WeaponsJOIJWLFJO | 196 |
Will Pressure Force Iran to Peacefully Abandon Its Nukes?JO FLSJFO | 198 |
Oilthe Economy of the Islamic Republic | 201 |
The Shahs Economic Last GaspNLJOWFNOFJSNLDFJ | 202 |
No Blueprint for the ClericsOOWEJNOQHFSELFNOSJ | 203 |
Deprivation Leads to DesperationOJFLFHOAJE | 208 |
What Happens NextOJFOEJR | 211 |
Cracks in the Fundamentalist EdificeLKFJWEPRTJLAFIOEJ | 213 |
The Contradiction of Sharia and Human RightsFOPIJESTLN | 215 |
New Voices Old SongOJ | 216 |
The Outlet Becomes the CatalystONEDLSKJFOIQNJ | 217 |
The Debate IntensifiesLJOWQRJNL | 218 |
Who Will Carry the Day?J O | 219 |
Iran in the WorldJW NSOH | 223 |
Shift from Revolutionary Ideology to Pragmatic Foreign PolicyOHN | 224 |
Cashing In on PragmatismOINSO | 228 |
The Russia FactorNO | 229 |
Uncle Sam and Iran OIO | 231 |
Rumblings of ChangeJ J | 233 |
USlranian RelationsOE JIOEDHO | 234 |
And Then There Was OneJOK NDOI | 237 |
The Fruits of Raqethe Bush DoctrineNO | 238 |
Are International Organizations Obsolete? J OCJLKM | 240 |
IranianUS Relations in the TwentyFirst CenturyNO NOFN | 243 |
The Ties That UnbindOIDJNLK N | 244 |
Opposites AttractOJ ONFIOJH | 248 |
The Clerics CallODQNCOPENOI | 250 |
GlossaryJE NDLDNO | 253 |
Iran TimelineIDKN | 263 |
Dissent and OppositionE | 273 |
Resources on IranIO | 285 |
IndexJS OI | 287 |
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