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

by De Bellaigue, Christopher
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ISBN: 9780060935368
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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 Hussein's 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 insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: De Bellaigue, Christopher
  • ISBN: 9780060935368
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.82 x 0.72
  • Number Of Pages: 304
  • Publication Year: 2006

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