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Taal
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Pan Macmillan
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Con Coughlin
Khomeini's Ghost
Iran since 1979
Con Coughlin
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On
1
February
1979
Ayatollah
Khomeini
returned
to
Iran
to
a
tumultuous
welcome
and
the
Iranian
revolution
that
that
he
masterminded
has
become
one
of
the
defining
moments
of
the
modern
age.
Today
the
challenge
of
radical
Islam
represents
the
greatest
threat
to
world
peace
seen
since
the
darkest
days
of
the
Cold
War,
and
the
legacy
of
Khomeini’s
Islamic
Revolution
lies
at
the
heart
of
many
of
the
world’s
most
intractable
conflicts.Khomeini’s
Ghost
is
the
definitive
biographical
account
of
how
an
impoverished
young
student
from
a
remote
area
of
southern
Iran
came
to
be
the
political
and
the
spiritual
leader
of
his
country.
Drawing
on
a
wide
variety
of
Iranian
sources,
including
religious
figures
who
knew
and
worked
with
Khomeini
both
in
exile
and
in
power,
Con
Coughlin
examines
in
detail
the
principles
of
Khomeini’s
Islamic
Revolution
and
the
impact
of
his
legacy
today,
whether
it
is
in
Iran’s
support
for
radical
Islamic
groups
or
Iran’s
commitment
to
developing
an
atom
bomb.
Frighteningly
topical,
compellingly
readable
and
written
with
authority
and
profound
understanding
of
the
subject,
this
is
political
biography
at
its best.
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