The author, a former British diplomat, was living in Tehran during the build-up to the Iranian Revolution and kept a day-to-day account of the events he witnessed, as the priest and the king - the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Shah - squared up to each other. The author's faithfully recorded responses - of hope, fear, confusion, scepticism and ultimately despair - reflect with substantial accuracy the spirit in Iran as the country swung from being a docile, Western-orientated ally to an unpredictable, brooding, revolutionary state. Harney had access to all elements of Iran's political elite, including the Shah, and was able to capture the atmsophere of Iran in revolution. This diary is, therefore, an important document: a day-to-day account kept by an outsider who was intimately familiar with Iran, a crucial contribution to our historical understanding of events.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781860643743
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95288677
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Priest and the King: an Eyewitness Account of the Iranian Revolution
Author
Desmond Harney
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Government, History
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Desmond Harney
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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