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Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East
by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-78738-023-3, ISBN: 1-78738-023-8

"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 ..."






Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East
by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2019 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-094789-7, ISBN: 0-19-094789-6

"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 ..."






Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East
by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms
Published 2019 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-005800-5, ISBN: 0-19-005800-5

"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 ..."






Towards A Westphalia for the Middle East
by Patrick Milton, Michael Axworthy, Brendan Simms
184 Pages, Published 2019 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-005795-4, ISBN: 0-19-005795-5

"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 Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2019 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-199033-0, ISBN: 0-14-199033-3

"FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this' Ervand Abrahamian, Times Higher EducationFor some 40 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, and sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Iran's continuing commitment to a n ..."






1942
The Turning Point
by Michael Axworthy
416 Pages, Published 2019 by Head Of Zeus Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-78185-691-8, ISBN: 1-78185-691-5

"In 1942: The Turning Point, Michael Axworthy tells the story of the critical third full year of the Second World War, which saw the US embark on its counteroffensive; the defeat of Rommel's Africa Korps at Alamein; the bleeding to death of ..."






Iran(1st Edition)
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-023296-2, ISBN: 0-19-023296-X

"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 ..."






What Everyone Needs to Know
Iran : What Everyone Needs to Know
by Michael Axworthy
Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 2017 by Oup Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-023295-5, ISBN: 0-19-023295-1

"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 Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-046896-5, ISBN: 0-19-046896-3

"In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands, demanding free, democratic government. Axworthy explains how that outpouring of support for an end to tyranny in Iran paused and then moved on to other areas in the region like Egypt and Libya, leaving Ira ..."






A History of Iran
Empire of the Mind
by Michael Axworthy
384 Pages, Published 2016 by Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-09877-4, ISBN: 0-465-09877-0

"... “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 ..."






A History of Iran(Updated)
Empire of the Mind
by Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-09876-7, ISBN: 0-465-09876-2

"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 ..."






Iran
What Everyone Needs to Know
by Michael Axworthy
240 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-023298-6, ISBN: 0-19-023298-6

"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 ..."






The Sword of Persia
Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant
by Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 369 Pages, Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0-85772-193-8, ISBN: 0-85772-193-3

"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 ..."






Revolutionary Iran(1st Edition)
A History Of The Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 526 Pages, Published 2014 by Penguin Books
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-104623-5, ISBN: 0-14-104623-6

"This is the definitive history of the Iran-Iraq war, and revolutionary Iran, essential for understanding the country today. For over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, and sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Iran's continuing commitment to a nuclear programme and its reputation ..."






Revolutionary Iran(1st Edition)
A History Of The Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy, Allen Lane
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2013 by Allen Lane
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-291-8, ISBN: 1-84614-291-1

"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 ..."






Revolutionary Iran
A History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
512 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-932228-2, ISBN: 0-19-932228-7

"In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands, ..."






Revolutionary Iran
A History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
512 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-932227-5, ISBN: 0-19-932227-9

"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 liveliness ..."






Revolutionary Iran
A History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
528 Pages, Published 2013 by Penguin Uk
ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-292-5, ISBN: 1-84614-292-X

"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 ..."






Revolutionary Iran
a History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-299-74643-5, ISBN: 1-299-74643-8






Revolutionary Iran
a History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
Paperback, 495 Pages, Published 2013 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-787-6, ISBN: 1-84614-787-5

"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."



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