Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution

by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri

This is the book that exposes the workings of Iranian politics today. The authors penetrate the labyrinth of political relationships and family networks that is the Iranian ruling class, and reveal the forces which brought hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. They argue that the power base behind Ahmadinejad represents a kind of Iranian version of American neoconservativism. The Iranian neocons, like their Washington counterparts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845113888
• ISBN13: 9781845113889
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.7"