TY  - BOOK
AU  - Polk,William Roe
TI  - Understanding Iran: everything you need to know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad 
SN  - 023061678X
U1  - 955 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-237) and index; Becoming Iranian -- Being Iranian -- Shahs, Ulama, and Western powers -- From political revolution through social revolution to violent revolution -- The revolutionary regime -- The United States and Iran today
N2  - A history of Iran predicts its eventual cultural and military dominance in the Middle East while illuminating factors commonly misunderstood by the West, including the oppression of its citizens and their negative regard of western policy
ER  -