Black Wave
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020, Â.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 377 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
"The bestselling author of The Secretary tells the gripping story of the real roots of the Sunni-Shia conflict in Middle East in the 1979 Iran Revolution that changed the region forever"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
PART I. REVOLUTION. Cassette revolution -- Today Tehran, Tomorrow Jerusalem -- Bleeding Heart -- Darkness -- PART II. COMPETITION. I Killed the Pharaoh -- No Dupatta -- Kerbala in Beirut -- Shia Kafir -- Mecca is mine -- Culture wars -- Black Wave -- Generation 9-11 -- Part III. WAR. Cain and Abel -- Fracture -- Surrender -- Counterrevolution -- Between ISIS and IRGC -- Achilles' Heel -- Murder on the Bosporus.
Subjects:
Islam and politics -- Middle East.
Middle East -- History -- 1979-
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- Influence.
Islam and politics -- Middle East.
Middle East -- History -- 1979-
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- Influence.
ISBN:
9781250131201
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Asia Middle-East Gha | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index.