MidEastbib

Iraq

Al-Khalil, Samir. (pseudonym of Kanan Makiya). Republic of Fear: the Politics of Modern Iraq

Amnesty International. Iraq: Evidence of Torture

Arato, Andrew. Constitution Making Under Occupation: The Politics of Imposed Revolution in Iraq

Baram, Amatzia. Building Toward Crisis: Saddam’s Strategy for Survival

Barnaby, Frank. The Invisible Bomb. The Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East

Barzani, Massoud. Mustafa Barzani and the Kurdish Liberation Movement

Bengio, Ofra. Saddam’s Word: Political Discourse in Iraq

Dawisha, Adee. “The Long and Winding Road to Iraqi Democracy,” Perspectives on Politics (Sept. 2010), pp. 877-885

Farouk-Sluglett, Marion and Peter Sluglett. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship

Jaber, Faleh A. Ayatollahs, Sufis and Ideologies: State, Religion, and Social Movements in Iraq

Jaber, Faleh A. The Shi’a Movement in Iraq

Karsh, Ephraim, and Rautsi, Inari. Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography.

Khadduri, Majid. Independent Iraq: A Study in Iraqi Politics from 1932 to 1958

Khadduri, Majid. Republican Iraq: A Study in Iraqi Politics Since 1968

Khadduri, Majid. Socialist Iraq

Little, David and Donald K. Swearer. Religion and Nationalism in Iraq

Mackey, Sandra. The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein

Marr, Phoebe. The Modern History of Iraq (Second Edition)

McDowell, David. A Modern History of the Kurds

Munson, Peter J. Iraq in Transition: The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy

Nakash, Yitzhak. The Shi’is of Iraq

O’Ballance, Edgar. The Kurdish Revolt, 1961-1970

Randal, Jonathan C. After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? My Encounters with Kurdistan

Styan, David. France and Iraq: Oil, Arms and French Policy Making in the Middle East

Tripp, Charles. A History of Iraq

Vali, Abbas. Modernity and the Stateless: The Kurdish Question in Iraq

Iran

Ansari, Ali. Iran, Islam, and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change

Arjomand, Said Amir. After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successor

Axworthy, Michael. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic

Azimi, Fakhreddin. The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule

Bakhash, Shaul. The Reign of the Ayatollahs: Iran and the Islamic Revolution

Bahari, Maziar with Aimee Molly. Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival

Brumberg, Daniel. Reinventing Khomeini: the Struggle for Reform in Iran

Buchan, James. Days of God: the Revolution in Iran and its Consequences

Buchta, Wilfried. Who Rules Iran? The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic

Clawson, Patrick et al. Iran Under Khatami: A Political, Economic, and Military Assessment

De Bellaigue, Christopher M. Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup

Fischer, Michael M.J. Iran; from Religious Dispute to Revolution

Ganji, Manouchar. Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister of the Shah to a Leader of Resistance

Gheissari, Ali and Vali Nasr. Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty

Heydemann, Steven, and Reinoud Leenders, eds. Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran

Hiro, Dilip. The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and its Furies

Hoveyda, Fereydoun. The Shah and the Ayatollah: Iranian Mythology and Islamic Revolution

Kanovsky, Eliyahu. Iran’s Economic Morass: Mismanagement and Decline Under the Islamic Republic

Katouzian, Homa and Hossein Shahidi, eds. Iran in the 21^st Century: Politics, Economics, and Conflict

Keddie, Niiki R. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution (available October 2003)

Kinzer, Stephen. All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Kurzman, Charles. The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran

Mackey, Sandra. The Iranians

Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollahs’ Democracy: An Iranian Challenge

Maleki, Abbas. Iranian Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future Scenarios

Milani, Mohsen M. The Making of Iran’s Islamic Revolution (second edition)

Milani, Mohsen, and Larry Diamond, Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran: Challenging the Status Quo

Mirsepassi, Ali. Political Islam, Iran and the Enlightenment: Philosophies of Hope and Despair

Moaveni, Azadeh. Lipstick Jihad

Mousavian, Seyed Hossein. The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir

Moin, Baqer. Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah

Mottahadeh, Roy. The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran

Naipaul, V.S. Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey

O’Ballance, Edgar. Islamic Fundamentalism and Terrorism: The Iranian Connection

Pipes, Daniel. The Rushdie Affair: the Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West

Rubin, Michael. Into the Shadows: Radical Vigilantes in Khatami’s Iran

Samore, Gary, ed. Iran’s Strategic Weapons Programmes: A Net Assessment

Sciolino, Elaine. Persian Mirrors: the Elusive Face of Iran

Shaffer, Brenda. Partners in Need: The Strategic Relationship of Russia and Iran

Shirley, Edward. Know Thine Enemy: A Spy’s Journey into Revolutionary Iran

Soroush, Abdolkarim. Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Iran

Takeyh, Ray. Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs

Takeyh, Ray. Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic

Wright, Robin. The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran

Wright, Robin. In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade

Zahedi, Darlush. The Iranian Revolution Then and Now: Indicators of Regime Instability

Islam and Politics

Abu-Amr, Ziad. Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza