1: Preface
2: The West and Iran
3: Iran and Persia
4: Iran and Islam
5: Iran and the West
6: Conclusion
Further reading
Index
Ali M. Ansari is Professor of Iranian History & Founding Director
of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St
Andrews; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute;
Vice President of the British Institute for Persian Studies. He is
the author of The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran (CUP,
2012) and Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election
(Chatham House, 2010). In 2013 Ali Ansari was elected
President of BIPS.
It is a considerable challenge to sum up the essense of Iran, with
its recorded history of more than 2,500 years, in only a little
more than a hundred pages. But Ali Ansari does so effectively by
focusing on the multi-layered identity of the Iranians.
*David Blow, The Times Literary Supplement*
This book is written in a lively and accessible style. It is full
of insights into modern Iran, the most important of which is the
continuing impact of Iran's mythology and long history on the
present. It should be required reading for anyone proposing to
negotiate with Iranians, whether in politics or business.
*Geopolitics and Security, Francis Robinson*
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