A history of modern Iran

List of maps

List of illustrations

List of tables and figures

Chronology

Glossary

A political who's who of modern Iran

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

5. Muhammad Reza Shah's White Revolution

6. The Islamic Republic

Notes

Bibliography

Further reading

Index.