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Ghattas, Kim,

Black wave : Saudi Arabia, Iran and the rivalry that unravelled the Middle East / Kim Ghattas. - xv, 377 pages : map (black and white)

I. Revolution -- Cassette revolution -- Today Tehran, tomorrow Jerusalem -- Bleeding heart -- Darkness -- II. Competition -- I killed the pharaoh -- No Dupatta -- Karbala in Beirut -- Shia Kafir -- Mecca is mine -- Culture wars -- Black wave -- Generation 1979 -- III. Revenge -- Cain and Abel -- Fracture -- Surrender -- Counterrevolution -- Between ISIS and IRGC -- Achilles' heel -- Murder on the Bosporous.

ISBN: 9781472271136

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC0H0767 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019998088 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radicalism--History--Middle East--20th century.
Radicalism--History--Middle East--21st century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Politics and government--1979-
Iran--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1979
Afghanistan--History--Influence.--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--History--Influence.--Siege, 1979

Dewey Class. No.: 956.05