Washington, D. C. The Middle East Institute 1985 Unabridged. Hardcover Good+ in Fair dust jacket 0916808289. Binding clean. Some damp-staining to fore-edges of first few and last several pages. Ink underlining to about a dozen pages, only in introduction and table of contents. Else pages clean. DJ wrinkled and dampstained around outer margins. Light rubbing to DJ spine extremities and fold corners. Ink underlining on rear DJ flap.; WHH14B; 9.25 x 6.25"; 276 pages.

ISBN10: 0916808289, ISBN13: 9780916808280, [publisher: The Middle East Institute, Washinghton] Hardcover First Edition x, 276 pp, gilt title on spine, in very good condition, Preface, introduction, notes, biblio, index. “Why and how the shah's rule collapsed has been explored by various authors, Iranians and outsiders, but many questions remain. Afkhami, who was an Iranian government official and political scientist before the revolution, has some strong and well-conceived ideas of his own: in the main, he finds that the shah failed because the political structure had not adapted to the economic and social change of the past 30 years; Khomeini, with a well-timed strategy and helped by the negligence of others, was there to pick up the pieces. Afkhami analyzes the roles of the shah, the military, the middle class, the clergy, the United States and other elements in the events leading up to the revolution. As for the Khomeini regime, which is covered summarily but decisively, the author equates it with "total destruction" and finds it wholly alien to the reality of contemporary Iran.” (Foreign Affairs)
[Witney, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]
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ISBN10: 0916808289, ISBN13: 9780916808280, [publisher: Middle East Inst] Hardcover Very Good
[liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]