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<p class="null1">A myth-busting insider’s account of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that destroyed US influence in the country and transformed the politics of the Middle East and the world.</p> <p>James Buchan was studying in Iran in the 1970s when the turmoil that culminated in the revolution began. Fluent in Persian, he draws on a wealth of Iranian records, memoirs, diaries and newspaper reports and his own knowledge and experience to provide the first comprehensive history of that tumultuous time.</p> <p>Buchan explores the roots of the revolution in the Shah’s regime and and explains how, even as the Iranian economy flourished and the country asserted its new power, beneath the surface deep anxieties were coming to a head. He shows how Ayatollah Khomeini, at first just one actor in the anti-Shah movement, by force of will came to dominate it.</p> <p>Buchan recounts the see-saw violence and passions that gripped the country and reached fever pitch when Khomeini returned from exile in February, 1979, launching a reign of terror that demolished opposition to his rule. He shows how the chaos in Iran provoked a re-alignment of forces in the Middle East, from the Soviet invasion of A

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Author

James Buchan - undifferentiated, James Buchan

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848540668

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

3.75 / 5 (112 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14