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$13.95 |
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$12.56 |
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| Author: |
de Bellaigue,C |
| Publisher: |
HarperTrade,1/06 |
| Format: |
Pbk,
304pp |
| Region: |
Central Asia |
| Country: |
Iran |
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.(BIP)
See AsiaSource interview with author Christopher de Bellaigue.
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