{"product_id":"khomeinis-ghost-the-iranian-revolution-and-the-rise-of-militant-islam-isbn-9780061687143","title":"Khomeini's Ghost: The Iranian Revolution and the Rise of Militant Islam","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eCon Coughlin, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSaddam\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with \u003cem\u003eKhomeini’s\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGhost\u003c\/em\u003e, the definitive biography of Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic revolution. More than thirty years after Khomeini’s return to Tehran and the subsequent rebirth of Iran as an Islamic Republic, \u003cem\u003eKhomeini’s\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGhost\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intimate, richly detailed portrait of the fundamentalist leader and architect of Iran’s adversarial relationship with the West—a man whose legacy has influenced history and policy, and will continue to do so for generations to come.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSaddam\u003c\/em\u003e comes the definitive biography of Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution and how his fundamentalist legacy has forever influenced the course of Iran's relationship with the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn February 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran after nearly fifteen years in exile and received a hero's welcome. Just as the new world order sought to purge the communist ideologies of the Cold War, the religious doctrine of Islamic fundamentalism emerged to pose an even greater threat to post-Iron Curtain stability—and Khomeini would mastermind it into a revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKhomeini's Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is the account of how an impoverished young student from a remote area of southern Iran became the leader of one of the most dramatic upheavals of the modern age, and how his radical Islamic philosophy now is at the heart of the current conflict between Iran and the West. Con Coughlin draws on a wide variety of Iranian sources, including religious figures who knew and worked with Khomeini both in exile and in power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompelling and timely, \u003cem\u003eKhomeini's Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand what lies at the center of many of the world's most intractable conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889170084069,"sku":"NP9780061687143","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061687143.jpg?v=1730230671","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/khomeinis-ghost-the-iranian-revolution-and-the-rise-of-militant-islam-isbn-9780061687143","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}