ABSTRACT
In 1978 and 1979 revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran marked a shift in the balance of power in South West Asia and the world. Then, as now, the world is once more aware that tribalism is no anachronism in a struggle for political and cultural self-determination. This books provides historical and anthropological perspectives necessary to the eventual understanding of the events surrounding the revolutions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 10|17 pages
Tribes, Confederation and the State
An Historical Overview of the Bakhtiari and Iran
chapter 14|35 pages
Nomads and Commissars in the Mughan Steppe
The Shahsevan Tribes in the Great Game
