Khomeini : life of the Ayatollah
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.
Biographies
xiv, 352 pages ; 22 cm
9781845117900, 1845117905
1010655340
PrefaceThe Orphan: Childhood in KhomeinIn the Seminary: Student Years in QomIn Search of Perfection: Taking Refuge in MysticismThe Formation of a Politician: Reza Shah and AfterChallenging His MajestyKhomeini and the Shah in ConflictThe Leader: Khomeini and the 1963 UprisingArrest and ImprisonmentThe Emergence of a Political AyatollahIn the Den of the Snakes: Exile in Turkey and IraqWaiting in the Wings: Iran Prepares for RevolutionKhomeini in Paris: The End of an EmpireRevolution: The Return of the ImamThe Ruler: Creating an Islamic RepublicThe Warrior and his Theocracy: Khomeini Defies the WorldThe Rise of the Phoenix: Khomeini's Last MonthsKhomeini's End: Death of a PatriarchNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
Previous edition: 1999