Baqer Moin

Khomeini

Life of the Ayatollah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When the Ayatollah Khomeini burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s, radical Islam became a factor of political life that would change the world. And with the Iranian Revolution that Khomeini led in 1978/79, religion once more moved centre stage in world politics. This is a biography of the Iranian leader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781845117900
• ISBN-10: 1845117905
• Artikelnr.: 26066585

Autorenporträt

Baqer Moin

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Orphan: Childhood in Khomein
In the Seminary: Student Years in Qom
In Search of Perfection: Taking Refuge in Mysticism
The Formation of a Politician: Reza Shah and After
Challenging His Majesty
Khomeini and the Shah in Conflict
The Leader: Khomeini and the 1963 Uprising
Arrest and Imprisonment
The Emergence of a Political Ayatollah
In the Den of the Snakes: Exile in Turkey and Iraq
Waiting in the Wings: Iran Prepares for Revolution
Khomeini in Paris: The End of an Empire
Revolution: The Return of the Imam
The Ruler: Creating an Islamic Republic
The Warrior and his Theocracy: Khomeini Defies the World
The Rise of the Phoenix: Khomeini's Last Months
Khomeini's End: Death of a Patriarch
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index