Arash Azizi is a historian at New York University where he researches the transnational links that tied Iran and the Arab world during the Cold War. He has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Beast, Toronto Star and Jacobin, and several of his book-length translations have appeared in Iran and elsewhere. He lives in New York City. @arash_tehran

‘An important book about one of the Middle East’s most charismatic and powerful men in recent years.’

• Introduction: #WorldWarIII 1  A Life on the Margins2  A Young Man in the City3  To Guard a Revolution4  “A Gift from the Heavens”5  War Makes Man6  No Islamism in One Country7  A Chalice Full of Poison8  An “Unwritten Pact”9  We Protect the Shrines10  Busy in Beirut11  Islamic Awakening, Sectarian Degeneration12  Black Flags, White Flags Epilogue: The EndgameTimelineAcknowledgmentsA Note on SourcesBibliographyNotesIndex

Arash Azizi is a historian at New York University where he researches the transnational links that tied Iran and the Arab world during the Cold War. He has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Beast, Toronto Star and Jacobin, and several of his book-length translations have appeared in Iran and elsewhere. He lives in New York City. @arash_tehran

‘An important book about one of the Middle East’s most charismatic and powerful men in recent years.’

• Introduction: #WorldWarIII 1  A Life on the Margins2  A Young Man in the City3  To Guard a Revolution4  “A Gift from the Heavens”5  War Makes Man6  No Islamism in One Country7  A Chalice Full of Poison8  An “Unwritten Pact”9  We Protect the Shrines10  Busy in Beirut11  Islamic Awakening, Sectarian Degeneration12  Black Flags, White Flags Epilogue: The EndgameTimelineAcknowledgmentsA Note on SourcesBibliographyNotesIndex