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  • Hidden Liberalism

    Burdened Visions of Progress in Modern Iran

    by Hussein Banai ...
    Compared to rival ideologies, liberalism has fared rather poorly in modern Iran. This is all the more remarkable given the essentially liberal substance of various social and political struggles – for liberal legality, individual rights and freedoms, and pluralism – in the century-long period since the demise of the Qajar dynasty and the subsequent transformation of the country into a modern ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Republics of Myth

    National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict

    Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut from harsh rhetoric to hostage-taking, from crippling sanctions to targeted killings. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Becoming Enemies

    U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979–1988

    Becoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history, developed to study flashpoints from the Cold War such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, to understand U.S. and Iranian relations from the fall of the Shah in 1978 through the Iranian hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war. Scholars and former officials involved with U.S. and UN policy take a fresh look at U.S and Iranian relations ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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    Republics of Myth

    National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict

    Unabridged

    13 hours 47 min

    Why does the rift between the US and Iran persist?Iran and the United States have been at odds for forty years, locked in a cold war that has run the gamut. In Republics of Myth, Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman argue that a major contributing factor to this tenacious enmity is how each nation views itself. Their often-deadly confrontation derives from the very different national ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Beyond Bin Laden

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  • The Arab Spring

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    This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East.In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen, were driven by a 'Delayed Defiance' - a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized disempowerment ... Read more

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  • A Single Roll of the Dice

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  • Reconciliation

    Islam, Democracy, and the West

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