8vo. x, 325 pp., frontispiece map, publisher’s original wrappers, index, previous owner blind embossed stamp on back cover, otherwise copy in very good condition, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1986.

Synopsis

This timely and important book presents the first overview of Shi’i political activism in the countries where it has been most significant-from Iran and Lebanon to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The contributors present up-to-date information on the factors involved in Shi’ism’s recent movement away from quietism and toward an active involvement in politics. They also discuss how Shi’i political activism will affect the struggle in and for Lebanon; the Iran-Iraq war; Soviet attitudes toward Afghanistan and Iran; and U.S. policies toward the Middle East.