Call to Arms: Irans Marxist Revolutionaries by Ali Rahnema

Call to Arms: Irans Marxist Revolutionaries by Ali Rahnema

A groundbreaking study of the Iranian Peoples Fadai Guerrillas, their ideology, actions and impact on the 1979 revolution

‘A definitive history of the Iranian People’s Fada’i GuerrillasTheoretical frameworks are interwoven with historical narrative, and riveting anecdotes are tempered by conceptual discussions. In one volume, Ali Rahnema has compiled a comprehensive guide to understanding the ideology, activities, and legacy of the Fada’is… He has masterfully told the Fada’is’ story, including their writings, their successes, and their failures, leaving readers with the impression of the Fada’is as serious, brave, influential, and ideologically driven patriots.’

* Iranian Studies *

‘Ali Rahnema has produced the most comprehensive and deeply engaging narrative to date of the revolutionary left in Iran during the 1970s… A masterwork, a must-read!’

-- Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

‘Meticulous and riveting, this book works like a time-tunnel, taking us back to experience “first-hand” the dramatic heroics and painful tragedy of radical political opposition in 1960s–1970s Iran.’

* Afshin Matin-Asgari, author of Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History of Iranian Modernity *

‘Delivers like a ray of hope… This book is an act of redemption, not just of the Iranian Marxist revolutionaries but of the spirit of the age that demanded armed uprising against tyranny.’

-- Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

‘Call to Arms is a significant study of Iran’s militant left in the 1960s and 1970s. By exploring a broad range of primary and secondary source material it closely examines the formation and operational dynamics of Iran’s radical opposition during the Cold War.’

-- Ali Gheissari, Professor of History, University of San Diego

‘Rahnema has done the staggeringly difficult task of offering us a meticulously researched history of the life and times of the Fadaʾis in late-Pahlavi Iran.’

-- Roham Alvandi, Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science

Ali Rahnema is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris. He is the author of An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari‘ati, Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran and Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics.

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ISBN 13	9781786079855
ISBN 10	1786079852
Title	Call to Arms: Irans Marxist Revolutionaries
Author	Ali Rahnema
Series	Radical Histories Of The Middle East
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oneworld Publications
Year published	2021-01-07
Number of pages	528
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