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Waking Up in Tehran: Love War in Revolutionary Iran

M. Lachlan White

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Description:A firsthand, personal account of the Iranian Revolution, this story is told by an American who first traveled there as a human rights investigator, and married an Iranian activist. Waking Up in Tehran explores the overthrow of the Shah’s dictatorship and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini, chronicling the events whereby an unwanted theocracy replaced an unwanted monarchy. It recounts the brutality of the violent, bloody crackdown by the Ayatollahs against the ongoing democratic opposition, including the author’s own arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. Throughout these years, she was in the midst of the Iranian revolution, providing inside glimpses of ongoing turmoil and antitheocracy rebellion. Joining a growing resistance movement—hundreds of thousands in the streets who protested against the Islamic transformation of education, culture, and political life—she and her husband navigated a personal minefield of surveillance and family intrigue. Through direct observation and engagement with a wide spectrum of Iranians at various levels of Iranian culture, the author pieces together what was really happening: how and why the Islamic Republic had been created—and by whom.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Waking Up in Tehran: Love War in Revolutionary Iran. To get started finding Waking Up in Tehran: Love War in Revolutionary Iran, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 576

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Trine Day

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1937584666

Description: A firsthand, personal account of the Iranian Revolution, this story is told by an American who first traveled there as a human rights investigator, and married an Iranian activist. Waking Up in Tehran explores the overthrow of the Shah’s dictatorship and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini, chronicling the events whereby an unwanted theocracy replaced an unwanted monarchy. It recounts the brutality of the violent, bloody crackdown by the Ayatollahs against the ongoing democratic opposition, including the author’s own arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. Throughout these years, she was in the midst of the Iranian revolution, providing inside glimpses of ongoing turmoil and antitheocracy rebellion. Joining a growing resistance movement—hundreds of thousands in the streets who protested against the Islamic transformation of education, culture, and political life—she and her husband navigated a personal minefield of surveillance and family intrigue. Through direct observation and engagement with a wide spectrum of Iranians at various levels of Iranian culture, the author pieces together what was really happening: how and why the Islamic Republic had been created—and by whom.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Waking Up in Tehran: Love War in Revolutionary Iran. To get started finding Waking Up in Tehran: Love War in Revolutionary Iran, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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