Reign Of The AyatollahsFive years after the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy, Iran remains convulsed by political upheaval and embroiled in international conflict. Shock waves from the Iranian events have stirred unrest in the Middle East from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia, fed Islamic revivalism elsewhere in the Islamic world, and undermined the American position in this strategic region. Meanwhile, amid all this bewildering upheaval, the revolution has given birth to the modern world's first quasi-theocratic state run by orthodox clerics according to Islamic law. This book is a riveting analysis of the Iranian revolution, its economic, religious, and social turmoil, and its international consequences. |
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... Economic grievances fed the unrest . The period between 1963 and 1973 was a decade of rapid economic growth , which led to expanding job and education opportunities , improved standards of living , and rising patterns of consumption ...
... Economic grievances fed the unrest . The period between 1963 and 1973 was a decade of rapid economic growth , which led to expanding job and education opportunities , improved standards of living , and rising patterns of consumption ...
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... economics , " writings concerned with the economic goals and policies of an Islamic society . Several lay and clerical figures in the years before the revolution devoted books , or parts of books , to the subject of Islamic economics.1 ...
... economics , " writings concerned with the economic goals and policies of an Islamic society . Several lay and clerical figures in the years before the revolution devoted books , or parts of books , to the subject of Islamic economics.1 ...
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... economic prosperity . It viewed the private entrepreneur not as a barrier but as an engine for economic growth . It emphasized a mixed economy , investment by both government and the private sector , and a strategy of broad - based economic ...
... economic prosperity . It viewed the private entrepreneur not as a barrier but as an engine for economic growth . It emphasized a mixed economy , investment by both government and the private sector , and a strategy of broad - based economic ...
Contents
The Collapse of the Old Order | 9 |
Khomaini The Idol Smasher | 19 |
Bazargan A Knife Without the Blade | 52 |
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