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Author:

Ghattas, Kim, author.

Title:

Black wave : Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the forty-year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and collective memory in the Middle East / by Kim Ghattas.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xvii, 377 pages : map ; 25 cm

Subject:

Islam and politics--Middle East.
Middle East--History--1979-
Iran--Influence.--Revolution, 1979--Influence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

PART I. REVOLUTION -- Cassette Revolution -- Today Tehran, Tomorrow Jerusalem -- Bleeding Heart -- Darkness. PART II. COMPETITION -- I Killed the Pharaoh -- No Dupatta -- Kerbala in Beirut -- Shia Kafir -- Mecca is Mine -- Détente -- Black Wave -- Generation 9-11. Part III. WAR -- Cain and Abel -- Fracture -- Surrender -- Counter-Revolution -- Between ISIS and IRGC -- Achilles' Heel -- Murder on the Bosporus.

Summary:

"The bestselling author of The Secretary tells the gripping story of the real roots of the Sunni-Shia conflict in Middle East in the 1979 Iran Revolution that changed the region forever"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250131200
9781250131201

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1110155277

LCCN:

2019024945

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