Days of God The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences

Name: Days of God The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences
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ISBN: 9781416597773

ISBN-10: 1416597778

ISBN-13: 9781416597773

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Authors: James Buchan

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A revelatory, myth-busting insider’s account of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that details the escalating horror as Ayatollah Khomeini seized power, altering the course of history in the Middle East and the world.James Buchan was studying in Iran in the 1970s when the turmoil that culminated in the revolution began. Fluent in Persian, he draws on a wealth of Iranian records, memoirs, and newspaper reports and brings an extraordinary depth of knowledge and personal experience to the first full account of that tumultuous time.Buchan explores the roots of the revolution in the old regime and the role that American, British, and Russian interference played in creating fissures in the Shah’s…

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List price: $32.00
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

James Buchan studied Persian & Arabic in Iran in the 1970s & was for ten years a foreign correspondent for the "Financial Times." His novels have won major literary prizes in Britain, including the Whitbread First Novel Award & the Guardian Fiction Prize, & have been translated into eight languages. He lives in Norfolk, England.



Introduction



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


Epilogue


Appendix: Khomeiniï¿½s Letter of July 16, 1988


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index