num_pages: 480
description: The conflict between militant Islam and the West was catalyzed in Iran in 1979, making this the best kind of history: a book that helps us understand not only the past, but the present. The author traveled to Iran and Europe to interview participants whom previous books had ignored, so for the first time we also get the full, inside story of what happened.
language: English
title: The Crisis: The President, the Prophet & the Shah-1979 & the Coming of Militant Islam
titlecomplete: The Crisis: The President, the Prophet & the Shah-1979 & the Coming of Militant Islam
genres: Religion, Politics, Iran, Nonfiction, American History, Islam, History
ratings_count: 42
publisher: Little, Brown & Company