Title: Days of God
Description: An insider's account of the 1979 Iranian Revolution challenges popular beliefs while drawing on a wealth of memoirs, diaries and newspaper reports to discuss such topics as the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini, the establishment of Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the development of Al-Qaida.
Subjects: Political violence, Influence, Causes, History, Revolution (Iran : 1979) fast, Iran, history
Places: Iran
People: Ruhollah Khomeini
Time periods: 1979-1997, 20th century, Revolution, 1979