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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.