Books by Ervand Abrahamian
Targeting Iran (City Lights Open Media)
by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Nahid Mozaffari, Ervand Abrahamian
Iran and the United States are on a collision course. David Barsamian presents the perspectives of four experts on Iran who discuss the 1953 CIA coup and the rise of the Islamic regime, Iran’s internal dynamics and competing forces, relations with Iraq and Afghanistan, and the consequences of US policy.
Ervand Abrahamian authored Iran Between Two Revolutions.
Noam Chomsky’s work includes Failed States.
Nahid Mozaffari edited the The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature.
David Barsamian has collaborated on Imperial Ambitions with Noam Chomsky and Original Zinn with Howard Zinn.
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A History of Modern Iran
In a radical reappraisal of Iran's modern history, Ervand Abrahamian traces the country's traumatic journey from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, through the discovery of oil, imperial interventions, the rule of the Pahlavis, and the birth of the Islamic Republic. The first edition was named the Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2009. This second edition brings the narrative up to date, with the Green uprisings of 2009, the second Ahmadinejad administration, the election of Rouhani, and the Iran nuclear deal. Ervand Abrahamian, who is one of the most distinguished historians writing on Iran today, is a compassionate expositor, and at the heart of the book is the people of Iran, who have endured and survived a century of war and revolution.
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The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and The Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
An “absorbing” account of the CIA’s 1953 coup in Iran―essential reading for anyone concerned about Iran’s role in the world today (Harper’s Magazine).
In August 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet government with a radical Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shift reverberated throughout the Middle East and the world, casting a long, dark shadow over United States-Iran relations that extends to the present day.
In this authoritative new history of the coup and its aftermath, noted Iran scholar Ervand Abrahamian uncovers little-known documents that challenge conventional interpretations and sheds new light on how the American role in the coup influenced diplomatic relations between the two countries, past and present. Drawing from the hitherto closed archives of British Petroleum, the Foreign Office, and the US State Department, as well as from Iranian memoirs and published interviews, Abrahamian’s riveting account of this key historical event will change America’s understanding of a crucial turning point in modern United States-Iranian relations.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
“Not only is this book important because of its presentation of history. It is also important because it might be predicting the future.” ―Counterpunch
“Subtle, lucid, and well-proportioned.” ―The Spectator
“A valuable corrective to previous work and an important contribution to Iranian history.” ―American Historical Review
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