Fred Halliday
Articles by fred halliday
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Society
Can the army be controlled?
- 13 September 2007
Taken from The New Statesman 2nd February, 1979
The overthrow of the Shah of Iran in that country’s January 1979 revolution and the resulting emergence of a Shia Islamic state was one of the most important events of the late 20th century. Fred Halliday, now a professor at the London School of Economics, made an initial assessment of the new power in Iran. Although he overestimated the Iranian army’s importance as a countervailing force, Halliday provided an insightful analysis of the Shia theocracy.
Selected by Robert Taylor
Books
Oiling up the west
- 25 June 2001
Neighbours Not Friends: Iraq and Iran after the Gulf wars
Dilip Hiro Routledge, 432pp, £12.99
ISBN 0415254116
