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This book examines the structure and ideology of all the main leftist groups in Iran. It considers their role in the Revolution, and analyses their relations with Khomeini and his colleagues. It also explains why the majority of the leftist organisations had defected from the Islamic regime by the summer of 1981. A second important theme of the book is the way in which the Soviet Union responded to the treatment of the Left by the Islamic government. Based on extensive analysis of original source material in Farsi and other languages and numerous interviews with leftist leaders and participants, the book provides a detailed portrait of the Left in contemporary Iran.
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.
This book is a fascinating critical examination of the characteristics and development of the armed forces in Iran, their role under the Shah and their re-creation in the war against Iraq as the fighting forces of Islam. The author examines the contradictory accounts, including the Shah's own Answer to History, as well as newly available accounts by highly placed ex-officials, and interviews with exiled army officers. He examines in detail the apparent shift of allegiance within the forces from the Shah to Imam and the ways in which this was accomplished. Major Iranian offensives, changing strategies from human wave assault to the Tankers War, and the delicate balance between the regular Army and the Revolutionary Guards, are also extensively examined. The book concludes with an analysis of the potential role of the armed forces in a succession crisis.
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