Book 2010
Let The Swords Encircle Me Irana Journey Behind The Headlines
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- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- 2010
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Foreign relations
- History
"Let the Swords Encircle Me' gives voice to Iranians themselves--the clerics and the reformers, the filmmakers and the journalists, the True Believers and their Westernized and profane brethern--to understand the complexities of Iran today. Through dedicated and in-depth reporting, Peterson shows how every word, image, and sensibility in Iran is often deliciously unexpected and counterintuitive. Ideology matters. So does "resistance." And azadi: freedom"--Page 2 of cover.