Iran Books


Persepolis Boxed Set Best Price: $15.91 What a fantastic graphic novel! If you normally don't read graphic novels (or comic books),...	Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew Best Price: $7.52 This is a very good book that tells a great story. It is engrossing and draws the reader in...	All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror Best Price: $8.34 This is a good history book everyone needs to read. Especially anyone running for political office.	The Nightingale's Song Best Price: $6.78 The "Nightingales's Song" is a remarkable story. I know three of the five characters,...	The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq Best Price: $2.00 Long before the United States thought of invading Iraq, Bassam Tibi, a Syrian political...



Shah of Shahs Best Price: $8.01 I read this book twice both in Persian & English and found lots of historical errors in the...	Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq Best Price: $12.00 The author provides both a first hand account of the Shia poltical environment after the fall of...	A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind Best Price: $15.88 Since I plan to visit Iran in the fall of 09, I bought this book. The first half was detailed...	Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam Best Price: $3.90 Reads like a thriller novel, but is 100% true. If you are completely unfamiliar with the history...	The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $5.35 Alexander the Great was already a historical figure and "larger than life" character...



Understanding Iraq: The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, from Genghis Khan's Mongols to the Ottoman Turks to the British Mandate to the American Occupation Best Price: $6.30 The author is highly experienced and well informed. The historical perspective is extensive but...	Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic Best Price: $6.82 Ray Takeyh's "Hidden Iran" is a wonderful book that will help everyone understand the...	Delta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit Best Price: $3.97 The promise was always present, always ready to poke its head out and play peek-a-boo with the...	Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran Best Price: $2.95 This is simply the best book I have read in a great while. Several issues are addressed: life in...	On Wings of Eagles Best Price: $8.67 After reading _The Pillars of the Earth_ and its sequel, I was doing a little Web research...

Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran Best Price: $6.00 The author was incredibly adept at using a well written snapshot of an event in her life to give...	Showdown with Nuclear Iran: Radical Islam's Messianic Mission to Destroy Israel and Cripple the United States Best Price: $3.82 Ill-researched, dogmatic and demented - classic warmongering, in which religion plays its usual...	TANKER WAR: America's First Conflict with Iran, 1987-88 To all my brothers in arms who served in Operation Praying Mantis aboard the USS Gary FFG-51, at...	The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace Best Price: $8.19 Title The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace Author: Ali A. Allawi ...	In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet Best Price: $6.00 With the eyes of the news media focused on Iran and its undeniable influence in the Middle East,...

The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran Best Price: $16.06 This book had no focus, was choppy, and really doesn't help you to understand Iran - if...	Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn from the Past Best Price: $8.00 This is an excellent collection of essays on the USA's wars, past, present and future. As the...	Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolution Best Price: $8.44 Monument to a charming woman's tenacity and common sense, this exceptionally enjoyable book also...	Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq Best Price: $12.95 This book should be read--as an instructive in the mindset that more recent events have proved...	Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War Best Price: $2.17 If you only choose one book to keep yourself enlightened on what is really going on in Iraq...

Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran Best Price: $8.75 Excellent, interesting hearing from someone who actually put their foot on the ground and...	The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $8.46 This extraordinary writer, traveler, adventurer, a woman greater even than her exceptional...	Thieves of Baghdad Best Price: $1.00 There were many aspects of the art recovery story that were both useful and interesting....	Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War Best Price: $10.25 Bob Drogin paints a damning portrait of western intelligence gathering, but not a surprising...	Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo Best Price: $8.00 I had heard about this story and it seemed almost impossible that anyone would be brave enough...

Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia Best Price: $39.96 This large and attractive book is the work of two scholars from the Department of the Ancient...	Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Best Price: $2.97 Although some may say this book is "too detailed" or "too boring to read", I...	Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran Best Price: $2.00 I believe this book is important because it describes Iran very different from what Iran is...	Under Fire: An American Story Best Price: $1.00 Not too bad of a book. Explains alot of the details in the Iran-contra affair and he explains...	Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 (Elite) Best Price: $7.75 As an amateur historian with a very strong interest in the Sasanians dating back 20 years I had...

Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up Best Price: $11.24 We at this point in history are required to grow misty eyed at the sudden recent discovery some...	The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi Best Price: $10.00 Brilliant! Aram Roston provides an excellent investigative, well researched, intelligent...	Khomeini: Life of the Ayatolla This is one of the only, and one of the best biographies about Khomeini written in the English...	The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 (Essential Histories) Best Price: $5.65 The historical content and political analysis in the book is so much in line with the way the...	What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It Best Price: $5.50 As a psychologist on one of this country's larger military bases, I spend much of my time...

On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from the Histories Best Price: $6.50 Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and...	Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq Best Price: $7.95 James Fallows, the Atlantic Monthly's national correspondent, produced a series of articles...	Saffron Sky: A Life Between Iran and America Best Price: $8.75 I read this book in one weekend and found it difficult to put down. The author's wonderful use...	American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945 Best Price: $22.45 In American Orientalism, Douglas Little sets out to chronicle America's involvement with the...	The Day After He Left for Iraq: A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion Best Price: $16.29 A stunning debut memoir sure to touch military familiesand all Americans. Melissa...

Iran: The Coming Crisis: Radical Islam, Oil, and the Nuclear Threat Best Price: $0.59 So a pastor from Oklahoma is going to tell us the future of the Middle East. And, not...	On Shifting Ground: Muslim Women in the Global Era Best Price: $11.00 In Iran, hundreds of women are producing blogs, sharing their ideas in an Islamic republic that...	History of the Persian Empire (Phoenix Books) Best Price: $19.10 The encyclical accounting of the Persian Empire. Olmstead was the first author to give an...	The Expedition of Cyrus (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $3.84 The Expedition of Cyrus tells the story of the epic march of the Ten Thousand, an army recruited...	Our Own Backyard: The United States In Central America, 1977-1992 Best Price: $27.00 Excellent book. LeoGrande tells us a disturbing tale that would be fodder for nightmares. And...

The Poet of Baghdad: A True Story of Love and Defiance Best Price: $3.19 I'm surprised there are no reviews, as yet, for The Poet of Baghdad. I'm also surprised this...	The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran Best Price: $6.15 This book was out of touch with reality in Iran. The author of the book was expressing that...	Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity Best Price: $19.85 This is book is discussing how Iranian ladies took active role in shaping Iran's fabric of...	Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran (International Library of Iranian Studies) Best Price: $68.37 Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has already been praised as one of the most...	Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion Best Price: $1.20 I'll approach this from the standpoint of writer and engineer because a number of people have...

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