The Unthinkable Revolution In Iran

Informationen zum Autor Charles Kurzman is Associate Professor of Sociology! University of North Carolina! Chapel Hill. Klappentext The shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future: This was the firm conclusion of a 1978 CIA analysis. One hundred days later the shah was overthrown by a popular revolution. The CIA was not alone in its myopia! as Kurzman reveals in this penetrating work; Iranians themselves considered a revolution inconceivable until it actually occurred. This book offers rare insight into the nature and evolution of the Iranian revolution and into the ultimate unpredictability of protest movements in general. Zusammenfassung A 1978 CIA analysis firmly concluded that the shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future. One hundred days later the shah was overthrown by a popular revolution. The CIA was not alone in its myopia! as Kurzman reveals; Iranians themselves considered a revolution inconceivable until it actually occurred.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Kurzman, Kurzman Charles
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2005
• EAN: 9780674018433
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01843-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book; Iran, Geography, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Shah, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, c 1970 to c 1979, Revolutionary groups and movements