Titelaufnahme

List of maps -- List of illustrations -- List of tables and figures -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Short biographies of leading personalities -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. 'Royal despots': state and society under the Qajars -- 2. Reform, revolution, and the Great War -- 3. The iron fist of Reza Shah -- 4. The nationalist interregnum (1941-53) -- 5. Muhammad Reza Shah's White Revolution -- 6. The Islamic Republic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index