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khomeinis ghost the iranian revolution and the rise of militant islam
p from the bestselling author of saddam comes the definitive biography of ayatollah khomeinis islamic revolution and how his fundamentalist legacy has forever influenced the course of irans relationship with the west . p in february 1979 ayatollah ruhollah khomeini returned to tehran after nearly fifteen years in exile and received a heros welcome . just as the new world order sought to purge the communist ideologies of the cold war the religious doctrine of islamic fundamentalism emerged to pose an even greater threat to post iron curtain stability and khomeini would mastermind it into a revolution . p khomeinis ghost is the account of how an impoverished young student from a remote area of southern iran became the leader of one of the most dramatic upheavals of the modern age and how his radical islamic philosophy now is at the heart of the current conflict between iran and the west . con coughlin draws on a wide variety of iranian sources including religious figures who knew and worked with khomeini both in exile and in power . p compelling and timely khomeinis ghost is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand what lies at the center of many of the worlds most intractable conflicts .
hardcover ecco 2009 isbn13 9780061687143 isbn10 0061687146
abridged n isbn 13 9780061687143 number in series 1 number of pages 370 publisher harpercollins release date 62135769600000