Author: 
Hani Khafipour, ed.
Reviewer: 
Gemma Masson

Masson on Khafipour, 'The Empires of the Near East and India: Source Studies of the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal Literate Communities'

Hani Khafipour, ed. The Empires of the Near East and India: Source Studies of the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal Literate Communities. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. Illustrations. xiv + 656 pp. $50.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-17437-4; $150.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-17436-7

Author: 
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
Reviewer: 
Nathan McClure

McClure on Tabaar, 'Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran'

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar. Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran. Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 392 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-18366-6

Reviewed by Nathan McClure (Air University, Air War College) Published on H-War (March, 2021) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
David S. Oualaalou
Reviewer: 
Cliff Sherrill

Sherrill on Oualaalou, 'Volatile State: Iran in the Nuclear Age'

David S. Oualaalou. Volatile State: Iran in the Nuclear Age. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018. xi + 218 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-02966-9; $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-03118-1.

Reviewed by Cliff Sherrill (Troy University) Published on H-War (September, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Lior B. Sternfeld
Reviewer: 
Daniella Farah

Farah on Sternfeld, 'Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran'

Lior B. Sternfeld. Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 208 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0614-2.

Reviewed by Daniella Farah (Stanford University) Published on H-Nationalism (April, 2019) Commissioned by Cristian Cercel (Ruhr University Bochum)

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Author: 
Michael Hope
Reviewer: 
Wonhee Cho

Cho on Hope, 'Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran'

Michael Hope. Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Illustrations. 272 pp. $94.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-876859-3.

Reviewed by Wonhee Cho (The Academy of Korean Studies) Published on H-Empire (March, 2020) Commissioned by Gemma Masson (University of Birmingham)

Author: 
Matthew K. Shannon
Reviewer: 
Roham Alvandi

Alvandi on Shannon, 'Losing Hearts and Minds: American-Iranian Relations and International Education during the Cold War'

Matthew K. Shannon. Losing Hearts and Minds: American-Iranian Relations and International Education during the Cold War. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2017. 256 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-1313-2.

Reviewed by Roham Alvandi (London School of Economics) Published on H-Diplo (December, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Negar Mottahedeh
Reviewer: 
Andy Forney

Forney on Mottahedeh, '#iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life'

Negar Mottahedeh. #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. 152 pp. $12.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8047-9587-6.

Reviewed by Andy Forney (Texas Christian University) Published on H-War (April, 2016) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

Author: 
Setrag Manoukian
Reviewer: 
Derek Mancini-Lander

Mancini-Lander on Manoukian, 'City of Knowledge in Twentieth-Century Iran: Shiraz, History and Poetry'

Setrag Manoukian. City of Knowledge in Twentieth-Century Iran: Shiraz, History and Poetry. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2012. xi + 259 pp. $140.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-78328-6; $48.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-138-78944-9.

Reviewed by Derek Mancini-Lander (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Published on H-Levant (April, 2015) Commissioned by Laila Parsons

Author: 
Roham Alvandi
Reviewer: 
Marcus M. Witcher

Witcher on Alvandi, 'Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War'

Roham Alvandi. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War. Oxford University Press, 2014. . ISBN 978-0-19-937569-1.

Reviewed by Marcus M. Witcher (University of Alabama) Published on H-War (June, 2015) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

Author: 
Stephen P. Blake
Reviewer: 
Robert John Clines

Clines on Blake, 'Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires'

Stephen P. Blake. Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xiii + 209 pp. $94.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-03023-7.

Reviewed by Robert John Clines (Western Carolina University) Published on H-War (January, 2016) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

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