The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation

Description: Amazon.com Review The Iranians chronicles the history of the Iranian people, from the "glory days" of Persia to the overthrow of Mohammed Riza Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Through many centuries, Islamic Iran fell repeatedly to invaders--Turks, Mongols, Afghans, Russians, and the British--only to spring back and reassert its cultural and spiritual autonomy while absorbing elements of other civilizations. But after the 1950s, rapid modernization disturbed every facet of Iranian life. Mackey shows how Iran's pendulum swung from nationalism to monarchism to rigid Shia fundamentalism, while also offering ha ... (more)

Manufacturer: Plume
Release date: 1 April 1998
ISBN-10 : 0452275636 | ISBN-13: 9780452275638

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