Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran.(Book Review)

The Middle East | July 1, 2003| | Copyright

By Vanessa Martin published by IB TAURIS ISBN 1 86064 900 0 price 14.95 [pounds sterling] paperback

How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas, which drove him and his movement? What organisation and methods helped bring him to power? This book is the first to analyse the ideological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political ...

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