The Shia revival
Subtitle: how conflicts within Islam will shape the future
By: Vali Nasr.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780393329681
Subjects: Shīʻah -- Political aspects -- Middle East.; Islam and politics -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.; Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites.; Sunnites -- Relations -- Shīʻah.; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Notes: "With a new afterword". Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The other Islam : who are the Shia?; title: The making of Shia politics; title: The fading promise of nationalism; title: Khomeini's moment; title: The battle of Islamic fundamentalisms; title: The tide turns; title: Iraq : the first Arab Shia state; title: The rise of Iran; title: The battle for the Middle East .