8vo. viii, 305 pp, double page map, cloth in d/w, biblio, index, small tear to jacket at top spine, previous owner’s name inscribed verso front & lower cover, otherwise copy in very good condition, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, first edition, 1980.

Synopsis

The author puts the narrative of the fall of the Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah into perspective, analyzing the history, politics, geography, religion, culture, and people of a land which, in spite of a thousand headlines, remains mostly unknown to the West.