Eternal Iran

Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior editor of Middle East Quarterly.

• Preface and Introduction Land and People From Empire to Nation Decline and Tumult The Boom Revolution and War Reform vs Hardline Difficulties with the Broader World Summary Maps and Bibliography

' Eternal Iran is a sophisticated and subtle book, a seamless narrative of Iranian history and contemporary politics. A book of careful scholarship, yet accessible to a wide readership. One of the best accounts of recent years on that important and problematic country.' - Fouad Ajami, Author of The Dream Palace of the Arabs