The lonely war : one woman's account of the struggle for modern Iran
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Published
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 297 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
955.054 Fat
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955.054 Fat
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Published
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014].
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
Description
"As a nine-year-old Tehrani schoolgirl during the Iranian Revolution, Nazila Fathi watched her country change before her eyes. The revolutionaries--most of them poor, uneducated, and radicalized--seized jobs, housing, and positions of power, transforming Iranian society practically overnight. But this socioeconomic revolution had an unintended effect. As Fathi shows, the forces unleashed in 1979 inadvertently created a robust Iranian middle class, one that today hungers for more personal freedoms and a renewed relationship with the outside world. And unless an international confrontation allows Iranian leaders to justify an internal crackdown, this internal pressure for reform will soon set the country on a more stable track. In The Lonely War, Fathi describes Iran's awakening alongside her own, revealing how moderates are retaking the country--and how foreign powers can aid their progress"--,Provided by publisher.
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Biographies.
Fathi, Nazila, -- 1970-
Fathi, Nazila, -- 1970- -- Childhood and youth.
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- Influence.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Iran -- Social conditions.
Middle class -- Iran.
Social change -- Iran.
Women -- Iran -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Iran -- Biography.
Fathi, Nazila, -- 1970-
Fathi, Nazila, -- 1970- -- Childhood and youth.
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- Influence.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997.
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Iran -- Social conditions.
Middle class -- Iran.
Social change -- Iran.
Women -- Iran -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Iran -- Biography.