Days of God
Subtitle: the revolution in Iran and its consequences
By: James Buchan
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9781848540668; 9781848547421
Subjects: Political violence; Revolution (Iran : 1979) fast; Influence; Causes; History
Other titles: Revolution in Iran and its consequences
Description: 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?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.The Style of Pahlavi Rule; title: 2.The Political Economy of Iran; title: 3.The Iranian Religion; title: 4.The Armed Forces of Iran on the Eve of Revolution; title: 5.High Noon; title: 6.The Storm Gathers; title: 7.The Burned Cinema; title: 8.The Junction; title: 9.A Box of Earth; title: 10.God is Very Great; title: 11.Dog Wedding; title: 12.The Scent of Watermelon.