Annotated Bibliography
Abrahamian Ervada. 1993. Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic. California: University 	of California Press.
Ervand Abrahamian is a scholar in the history of Iran. He was born in Iran.  This is a book that first introduces the views and beliefs of Ayatollah Khomeini, his life and writings. In the book, Ervand Abrahamian, portrays Khomeini as a radical reformist who sought the welfare of the Iranian nation in terms of the social and economic systems with all diligence. He denounced the traditional ways of doing things disagreeing with Shi’ism (Ervanda 1993: p. 12). Though the western nations thought of him as a fundamentalist, Abrahamian seeks to bring all people to understand that Khomeini was not a mere rebel and his beliefs are not strange, but was a populist. In some instances, Abrahamian is critical of Khomeini yet directs us to study Khomeini’s work to be able to evaluate him.  Abrahamian cites thirty four other books to support his work. In this book we depict Khomeini to be a strong religious cleric who believed that the Sharia law would solve most of the Iranian’s problems. This work is highly valuable as Abrahamian writes it free from prejudice and his research is based upon dependable sources. It is considerate and balanced, and recommended for those interested to understand the history of Iran politics.

Edwards David B. 2002. Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad. California: 	University of California Press.
David B. Edwards, an expert in violence and culture, carefully explores the lives of Nur Muhammad Taraki ( ruled 1978 - 1979), Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad (leader of Hizb-I Islami Afghanistan), who were all political leaders in Afghanistan. All of them had a vision of a prosperous Afghanistan, but the country and the political system nosedived and they were either killed or exiled. Edwards cites forty two books in his effort to make his work authentic. He has done previous research work on Afghanistan which he presented in the book ‘Heroes of The Age’. He explores the period before the formation of the Taliban and attempts to foreshadow the political state of the country in the near future (Edwards 2002: p. 6). This book therefore is of great importance for research work related to the political history of the Afghan.