The March of the Ten Thousand is one of the most famous military adventures in the ancient world. Its fearless army of Greek mercenaries marched through western Asia (modern Turkey and Iraq) in 401– 399 B.C., their hopes and hardships recounted by Xenophon, the Athenian, an admiring pupil of Socrates. Xenophon’ s history of the Long March, or Anabasis, is a classic of Greek literature. In this book, twelve leading scholars ...

Iran's future course in the late 1980s hinged upon a number of factors. These included the smoothness with which it would be able to make the transition to Ayatollah Khomeini's successor; the duration, cost, and settlement terms of the war with Iraq; the direction of Iran's foreign policy, in relation both to the superpowers and to the remainder of the world, particularly the countries of the region; and the skill of Iranian technocrats in taking ...

So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes ...

CONTENTS Preface Patrick Clawson Introduction Henry Sokolski Checking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Report Recommendations NPEC Project on Iran Iran's "Legal" Paths to the Bom' Victor Gilinsky Iran's Internal Struggles GeneiveAbdo The Prospects for Regime Change in Iran S. Rob Sobhani Winning Iranian Hearts and Minds Abbas William Samii U.S.-Iranian Strategic Cooperation since 1979 Geoffrey Kemp The Challenges of U.S. Preventive Military Action ...

The widow of the former Shah of Iran describes her courtship and loving marriage, her luxurious life at court, the world of Iran under the rule of the Shah, her encounters with world leaders, the rise of fundamentalism, the revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979, the death of her husband, and her and her children's exile from Iran. Reprint.
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This lyrical coming-of-age story creates an intimate portrait of life in Tehran: the author's family and friends, her life at school, her observations of Iran's political life, and her longing to escape a sense of displacement from her home, culture, and language. High school & older. ...

Drawing on Iran's rich history, its vast oil and gas reserves, and its unique strategic importance, Hiro reveals a complex nation whose theocratic rulers are struggling to prove that Islamic democracy is a viable and enduring social system. ...

- Includes maps, timelines, boxes and definitions.- Part of the Nutshell Notes series of books. ...

Emphasizing the interaction between political organizations and social forces, Abrahamian discusses Iranian society and politics during the period between the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909 and the Islamic Revolution of 1977-1979. The author focuses on the class and ethic roots of the major radical movements in the modern era. ...

'A first-rate study that not only goes far in explaining the key events of the last decade but also implicitly substantiates the classic Crane Brinton analysis.'Bernard Weiss, History: Review of New Books
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