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Strange rebels : 1979 and the birth of the 21st century
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Strange rebels : 1979 and the birth of the 21st century / Christian Caryl.
ISBN
9780465018383 (hardcover)
0465018386 (hardcover)
9780465033355 (e-book)
0465033350 (e-book)
Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, c2013.
Physical Description
xv, 407 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Most historians would have us believe that the 20th century ended and the 21st century began in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of the West over the Soviet Union. But as veteran journalist Christian Caryl shows in Strange Rebels, the world we live in today--and the problems that plague it--can actually be traced back a decade earlier"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-391) and index.
Contents
The great backlash
Malaise
Dragon Year
"A wild but welcoming state of anarchy"
The emperor as revolutionary
Tory insurrectionists
A dream of redemption
The Imam
With a gun in the hand
The Prophet's proletariat
Truth from facts
The blood of the martyrs
The Lady
Thrice banished, thrice restored
The Evangelist
Eleven million people
Back to the future
The second revolution
Playing bridge
Fraternal assistance
Solidarity
Khomeini's children
Jihad
"The Lady's not for turning"
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
The problem with progress.
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