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050 0 0 _aDS318.8
_b.M3 1998
100 1 _aMackey, Sandra,
_d1937-
_914819
245 1 4 _aThe Iranians :
_bPersia, Islam, and the soul of a nation, with a new afterword by the author /
_cSandra Mackey ; W. Scott Harrop, research assistant.
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Group,
_c1998.
300 _axxii, 442 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _a"A Plume Book"
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 421-426) and index.
505 0 _aGlory of Persia -- Invasion of Islam -- God and state -- Faces of authority: father, king, and cleric -- King and nation: Iran's first revolution -- Reza Shah: to the glory of the nation -- Shah and the Prime Minister: Iran's second revolution -- Shah and the Ayatollah: Persia and Islam -- Persian empire of Muhammad Reza Shah -- Double revolution -- Internal and external: wars for the Iranian nation -- Islamic government: religion, culture, and power -- Islamic republic of Iran: failed quest for justice.
520 _aProvides a portrait of the troubled nation of Iran and the complex religious, historical, political, and cultural forces--especially the dichotomy between Islam and the culture of ancient Persia--that continue to shape it.
651 0 _aIran
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
_914820
907 _a.b14206055
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