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The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation
Authors: Mackey, Sandra
ISBN: 0-452-27563-6
Publisher: New York: Plume (Penguin), 1996

Summary:
Iran. The great empire that stopped Rome in its tracks. The civilization that lent its arts and architecture to the Arabs to trigger the Golden age of Islam. The country most vilified and most misunderstood by Western politicians and press.

This book is one of the first scholarly books on Iran since President Khatami assumed leadership. It is rather refreshing, because it narrates and analyzes Iranian history outside of Western forms: you’ll find culture, not politics. You’ll find a nation obsessed with justice, justice defined far nearer the biblical model than the American pursuit of individual rights.

As the US is once again involved in the region, understanding Iran becomes more relevant than ever.

Read The Iranians, and you will fall in love with this great land, and you’ll never trust the AP’s nonsense again.

-Paul Grant

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