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A Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy, and Fadai Period of National Liberation in Iran 1971-1979 (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
Peyman Vahabzadeh
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Description for A Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy, and Fadai Period of National Liberation in Iran 1971-1979 (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
Hardcover. Emerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) become one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Fadai urban guerrilla movement in Iran. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations, 5 tables, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Emerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) become one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran. Despite their lasting influence and the way in which their efforts helped shape the history of Iran for decades to come, little is known about the group. ""A Guerrilla Odyssey"" presents the first comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Fadai urban guerrilla movement in Iran. Drawing on exhaustive analyses of the published and unpublished works of the Fadai Guerrillas, as well as of archival material and interviews with activists, the author demonstrates ... Read more
Emerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) become one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran. Despite their lasting influence and the way in which their efforts helped shape the history of Iran for decades to come, little is known about the group. ""A Guerrilla Odyssey"" presents the first comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Fadai urban guerrilla movement in Iran. Drawing on exhaustive analyses of the published and unpublished works of the Fadai Guerrillas, as well as of archival material and interviews with activists, the author demonstrates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632436
SKU
V9780815632436
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About Peyman Vahabzadeh
Peyman Vahabzadeh is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He is the author of Articulated Experience: Toward a Radical Phenomenology of Contemporary Social Movements.
Reviews for A Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy, and Fadai Period of National Liberation in Iran 1971-1979 (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
A major contribution to the field . . . one that will constitute an authoritative reference on recent Iranian history for decades to come. This is a must read for those interested in understanding the ideological nuances of a movement that provided energy and momentum for the 1979 Iranian revolution.