Days of God : the revolution in Iran and its consequences
Buchan, James2013
Book
The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran was one of the seminal events of our time. It inaugurated more than thirty years of war in the Middle East and fostered an Islamic radicalism that shapes foreign policy in the United States and Europe to this day. Drawing on his lifetime of engagement with Iran, James Buchan explains the history that gave rise to the Revolution, in which Ayatollah Khomeini and his supporters displaced the Shah with little diffi-culty. Mystifyingly to outsiders, the people of Iran turned their backs on a successful Westernized government for an amateurish religious regime.
Main title:
Days of God : the revolution in Iran and its consequences / James Buchan.
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Collation:
xvii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by John Murray Publishers"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-386) and index.
Contents:
The origins of the Pahlavi state -- Cossack government -- The boy -- Ruhollah -- Ruritania -- The storm gathers -- The Indian -- The burnt cinema -- The junction -- A box of earth -- God is great -- Dog wedding -- The scent of watermelon -- Convoys of light -- Appendix. Khomeini's letter of July 16, 1988.
ISBN:
9781416597773 (hbk)1416597778 (hbk)
Dewey class:
955.054
LC class:
DS318.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
130026
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -History | HISTORY 955.054 BUCH | Available |