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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... Shah to leave the country , but the Shah refused . By the end of December , however , the Shah's position had become untenable , and the British and American ambassadors were urging him to go abroad . The Shah now turned to another ...
... Shah to leave the country , but the Shah refused . By the end of December , however , the Shah's position had become untenable , and the British and American ambassadors were urging him to go abroad . The Shah now turned to another ...
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... Shah's commitment to secularization and Westernization was offensive to religious sensibilities ; and his dictatorial and arbitrary methods seemed to the ulama to exceed the bounds of what was tolerable . Clerical dissatisfaction with ...
... Shah's commitment to secularization and Westernization was offensive to religious sensibilities ; and his dictatorial and arbitrary methods seemed to the ulama to exceed the bounds of what was tolerable . Clerical dissatisfaction with ...
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... Shah's deliberate policy of ignoring Islamic precepts and undermining the religious community . As in later years , he was critical of the tendency to adopt Western law codes and employ Western advis- ers , and the extension of various ...
... Shah's deliberate policy of ignoring Islamic precepts and undermining the religious community . As in later years , he was critical of the tendency to adopt Western law codes and employ Western advis- ers , and the extension of various ...
Contents
The Collapse of the Old Order | 9 |
Khomaini The Idol Smasher | 19 |
Bazargan A Knife Without the Blade | 52 |
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