Book

King of Kings

The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

Scott Anderson

2025

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

The US Propped Up the Shah’s Dictatorship to the Bitter End

The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government.

by Afshin Matin-Asgari via Jacobin on December 3, 2025
Book Review

The Islamic Republic Was Never Inevitable

With Iran’s theocracy under strain, a new history shows that its rise was mainly a stroke of bad luck.

by Arash Azizi via The Atlantic on August 5, 2025
Book Review

The Iranian Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen

From a dying adviser to a clumsy editorial, the Revolution was a cascade of accidents and oversights.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on August 4, 2025

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