The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran - Hardcover

Wright, Robin B.

 
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Arguing that the Iranian revolution will stand with the French and Russian revolutions as one of the greatest movements of the modern era, the authora longtime foreign correspondent and respected Mideast expertdescribes the ongoing transformation of Iranian society, and Islam.

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The Last Great Revolution</b> is written with clarity and insight about Iran's tumultuous twenty-year Islamic revolution. Robin Wright speaks authoritatively about the Iranian republic's evolution, from the convulsive, vindictive early years of he revolution to the current uncertainties over experimentation with Islamic democracy. Her book is a valuable contribtion to our understanding of contemporary Iranian society and the possible directions this very important country make take in the future."<br>― Senator Richard G. Lugar, Foreign Relations Committee<br><br>Robin Wright, the acclaimed Mideast expert and foreign correspondent, returns to Iran, which she has visited more frequently than has any other American since the fall of the shah, to give us a portrait of the revolution ― a generation after Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to end 2,500 years of monarchy.<br><br>She shows us how the Iranian revolution has taken on even greater importance since Khomeini'

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ISBN 10:  0375706305 ISBN 13:  9780375706301
Publisher: Vintage, 2001
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