Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iran

By Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard

October 1981

Yale University Press

Current events in Iran can only be clearly understood in relation to their historical and ideological context. Although a number of recent publications deal with Iran, only this one presents in detail the modern history of this important country and relates it to the recent revolution.

Nikki R. Keddie is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.