Days of God

The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a turning-point in modern history. The destruction of the Iranian monarchy not only upset the political order in the Middle East and brought on a quarter-century of warfare, but introduced a new way to look at history. In Days of God James Buchan lives each moment of the revolution through the eyes of ordinary people as he tries to answer his own troubling question: why did his friends, with their peculiar Iranian dreaminess and charm, act the way they did?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-09-26
Mått:149 x 197 x 33 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:John Murray Press
ISBN:9781848540675

Utforska kategorier

Mellanösterns historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

James Buchan studied Persian and Arabic at Oxford University and spent twelve years as foreign correspondent of the Financial Times. His books, both fiction and non-fiction, have won a number of leading literary prizes and have been translated into fifteen or more languages.

Recensioner i media

'James Buchan trains a more scientific eye on how Iran's wealth-creator king was replaced with a Shia divine uninterested in modern government. He mines the literature in Persian and English to better effect than any historian so far . . . Why did the shah's subjects not accept his notion of history racing to a conclusion in prosperity's glow? In this fine, elegantly written book, Mr Buchan lays out the answer in detail'