Jafarzadeh, a foreign affairs analyst for Fox News, traces the path of Islamic extremism in Iran from 1979 to the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The only solution for Iran, Jafarzadeh argues, is international support for Iranian resistance movements.

Ali Ansari, a British historian, traces the history of British and American involvement in Iran and how that involvement has led to cultural and political misunderstanding.

This new book by the Nobel Peace Prize winning Iranian human-rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, traces the beginnings of the breakdown of Iranian politics with the 1953 CIA orchestrated coup to the country's present unrest. This is an excellent personal account of the struggles and hopes of the Iranian people.

Columbia University professor Hamid Dabashi offers a cosmopolitan's view of the Iranian republic. Rejecting the dichotomy of "traditional" and "modern" Iran as colonialist, Dabashi offers a passionate though often hyperbolic look at Iranian politics and history.

Iran has a growing movement of young bloggers. This book traces their rise and offers their takes on Iran's politics and future.

Mark Bowden of Black Hawk Down fame gives an in-depth look at what he calls "America's first confrontation with Islamo-fascism"—the 1979 hostage crisis.