Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black wave

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1110155277

Responsibility statement

Kim Ghattas

Sub title

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the forty-year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion, and collective memory in the Middle East

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 publisherSunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, once allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region, became mortal enemies after 1979. Ghattas weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to show how the 1979 Iranian revolution-- fueled by American policy-- fed intolerance, suppressed cultural expression, and encouraged sectarian violence from Egypt to Pakistan, leading to the assassination of countless intellectuals, the birth of groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the September 11th terrorist attacks, and the rise of ISIS. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of 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

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