In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs : A Memoir of Iran

English

ISBN: 0060935367

EAN: 9780060935368

Category: Travel / Middle East / General/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 10/01/2011

Synopsis: The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Husseins Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the Axis of Evil? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insiders view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.

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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs : A Memoir of Iran

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.8 inches

Width: 5.38 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 8.01 oz

Pages: 304