Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses; Roy Mottahedeh's gripping account of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written.The true story of a young mullah; his life in the sacred shrine city of Qom; and the dramatic events of the 1979 Revolution; this enthralling account paints a vivid picture of contemporary Iran; while providing a panoramic survey of Muslim; Shi'ite and Persian culture from the Middle Ages to the current day. From the ancient time of Zoroaster to the world of Khomeini; this sweeping saga interweaves biography with history; politics and religion to offer new levels of understanding into Iran’s past; present and future.Written with feeling; sympathy and clarity; this revised edition includes a new chronology detailing events in Iran from the revolution right up to the present day and Ahmadinejad’s controversial regime.
#628464 in Books Osprey 2011-11-22 2011-11-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.84 x 5.84 x 7.27l; #File Name: 184908492080 pages9781849084925
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ExcellantBy Dave HornungOsprey; do I really need to say more. Covers it all0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Thomas E. Olsonexplains alot of Baama info0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge: Cherbourg 1864 (Duel)By K. J. KalinThe research and the writing are excellent. I knew it was a short book when I bought it and that's OK. I am happy to have it in my Civil War library for those reasons. But.... I would have liked to have given it a minimum of 4 stars; if not 5. I did consider 2 stars and settled for 3. The formatting is dismal. There are illustrations with no captions; sequential blank pages; and the battle maps are not readable; except for the legend section; which is sometimes larger than the battle path; making the legend the only readable part. When it isn't; you get a nice battle path; and have no idea of what you are looking at. The pastel colors are too close together in the original to have enough differentiation in a 3G Kindle. They are all blurry shades of gray; and too small to see; let alone read. It's an either or situation. Either you can read the legend and can't see the battle path; or you can see the battle path; and can't read the legend. It's extremely frustrating. Yes; it is "optimized" for larger Kindles; but many of us do not have 3D Fires. I tried deleting it and downloading it again as suggested; and I still have uncaptioned illustrations and consecutive blank pages. suggested the Kindle Mac App; and that helped some with the battle maps; and some of the captions appeared as well. It's not only confusing to have 4 or even 5 consecutive blank pages; it's irritating. I don't think blank pages necessarily need to be reproduced; at least not 4 or 5 in a row. I'd recommend the actual book; from what I can see of it online.
