Days of God : the revolution in Iran and its consequences / James Buchan.
2013
DS318.8 .B82 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Days of God : the revolution in Iran and its consequences / James Buchan.
Author
Buchan, James, author.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781416597773
1416597778
1416597778
Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
DS318.8 .B82 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
955.05/4
Summary
An insider's account of the 1979 Iranian Revolution challenges popular beliefs while drawing on a wealth of memoirs, diaries and newspaper reports to discuss such topics as the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini, the establishment of Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the development of Al-Qaida.
Note
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by John Murray Publishers"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.