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Dr Michael Axworthy

Publications

Books

Revolutionary Iran, Penguin, 2012.

Breve storia dell'Iran. Dalle origini ai nostri giorni, 2010.

Iran: Una historia desde Zoroastro hasta hoy, Madrid, Turner Publicaciones SL, 2010.

Iran, een cultuurgeschiedenis, 2009.

with J Marek, Z Kříhová, Dějiny Íránu, 2009.

The Sword of Persia - Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant, 2009.

Iran: Empire of the Mind, London UK, Penguin, 2008.

A history of Iran, 2008.

Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran, London: Hurst, 2007.

Chapters

Diplomatic Relations Between Iran and the UK in the Early Reform Period, 1997-2000, in Ehteshami A,Zweiri M (eds) Iran's Foreign Policy from Khatami to Ahmadinejad , pp, Reading, UK: Ithaca Press, 2008, 105-113

Journal articles

Nader Shah and Persian Naval Expansion in the Persian Gulf, 1700-1747, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 21, no. Part 1, 2011, 31-39

The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant: A Response, J ISLAM STUD, vol. 20, no. 3, 2009, 468-469 DOI

Nadir shah's quest for legitimacy in post-safavid Iran., AM HIST REV, vol. 113, no. 1, 2008, 290-290

The Army of Nader Shah, Iranian Studies, 2007 DOI

Basile Vatatzes and his History of Nader Shah, Oriente Moderno, vol. 2, 2006, 331-343

'Moral Bombing?', review of A C Grayling, Among the Dead Cities, Bloomsbury, Prospect, vol. 120, 2006, 70-71

Review of Norman Friedman, Terrorism, Afghanistan and America's New Way of War, Naval Institute Press, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 37, 2005, 283-284

Review of L Louer, Transnational Shi'a Politics, Diplomacy and Statecraft