Notes

Table of contents: Map of Iran -- 1. A mass of contradictions -- 2. Iran's Persian roots -- 3. The coming of Islam -- 4. Persian renaissance -- 5. Persian twilight? -- 6. The last Shahs -- 7. An American coup -- 8. The Islamic revolution -- 9. Khomeini's rule -- 10. Iran at war -- 11. Spreading the Islamic revolution? -- 12. After Khomeini -- 13. The blacksmith's son -- 14. Nuclear Iran -- Iran issues -- Further reading