"It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned Germany and much of central Europe into a di ..."
"It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned Germany and much of central Europe into a di ..."
"Historians such as Christoph Kampmann, Europa und das Reich im
Dreißigjährigen Krieg (Stuttgart, 2013) steer a middle course between these two
interpretations with an emphasis on local and Imperial problems which then
irreversibly and ..."
"Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms. 31. 32. ... Croxton, Last
Christian Peace, 380; Anuschka Tischer, Offizielle Kriegsbegründungen in der
Frühen Neuzeit. ... Ryan Jacobs, 'Saudi Arabia's war on witchcraft', The Atlantic,
19 Aug."
Revolutionary Iran A History of the Islamic Republic Second Edition by MichaelAxworthy Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2019 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-199033-0, ISBN: 0-14-199033-3
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1942 The Turning Point by MichaelAxworthy 416 Pages, Published 2019 by Head Of Zeus Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78185-691-8, ISBN: 1-78185-691-5
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"Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy reserves. Yet the close attention paid to Iran in recent decades stems from the impact of the 1979 revolution, which unleashed ideological ..."
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"Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct civilization today despite its status as a major Islamic state with broad regional influence and its deep integration into the global economy through its vast energy reserves. Yet the close attention paid to Iran in recent decades stems from the impact of the 1979 revolution, which unleashed ideological ..."
Revolutionary Iran(Reprint) A History of the Islamic Republic by MichaelAxworthy Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-046896-5, ISBN: 0-19-046896-3
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"... “The Causes of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran,” International Journal of
Middle East Studies 10 (August 1979): 400. ... 21. Mottahedeh, 221–222;
Vanessa Martin, Islam and Modernism: The Iranian Revolution of 1906 (London:
I. B. Tauris, 1989) ... Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 1991; 1st ed., 1926), 100–101;
Keddie, Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan 1796–1925, 79. 2. ... Ervand
Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions (Prince ..."
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"Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran’s religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shi’a Muslim clerics in the world, yet its poetry insistently dwells on the joys of life: wine, beauty, sex. Iranian women are subject to one of the most restrictive dress codes in the Islamic world, but make up nearly 60 percent of t ..."
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"emerged in its fresh, new form, so the greatest Persian poets appeared in the
decades and centuries following the emergence of modern Persian—as if the
new possibilities offered by the new language form had in themselves stimulated
new, more ... in a comparable way to Shakespeare and the King James Bible in
English or Luther's Bible in German, or Dante's Inferno in ... thinkers. and. poets.
of. medieval. Iran? In writing about the ..."
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"42. 43. 44. 45. 46. Hanway, Vol. 1, pp. 251–3. Hanway, Vol. 1, pp. 265–76. JN,
Vol. 2, pp. 157–9, 164. Hanway, Vol. 1, pp. 192–4, 296–303; JN, pp. 161–2. JN,
Vol. 2, p. 162. Lockhart 1936, pp. 12–14; Floor 1987, pp. 51–3. Floor, Nader
Shah; Bazin, pp. 196–7; JN, Vol. 2, p. 160–1. JN, Vol. 2, p. 161; Hanway, Vol. 2, p
. 243; Floor, Nader Shah; Lockhart, Nadir Shah, p. 242. Hanway, Vol. 4, p. 243.
Hanway, Vol. 4, p. 243; Bazin, p. 197 ..."
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"A major new and definitive work by the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. A large, well-populated and wealthy state suddenly committed itself to a quite new path: a revolution based on the supremacy of Islam and contempt for both superpowers. For over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, a ..."
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"I also had the good fortune to meet Dr Seyyed Yunus Jaffery, to benefit ...
University of Exeter for their help and support – especially Gareth Stansfield, Rob
Gleave, Sajjad Rizvi, Lenny Lewisohn and Tim Niblock; my students, for their
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"MirHosseini, Ziba 'Women, Marriage and the Law in PostRevolutionary Iran' in
Haleh Afshar (ed.) Women in the Middle East: ... Parsa, Misagh Social Origins of
the Iranian Revolution, New Brunswick and London 1989. Parsi, Trita
Treacherous ..."
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"Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. This book offers an account of Iran's unique history and makes sense of events often misunderstood by outsiders."