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A review by guinness74
Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and its Consequences by James Buchan
4.0
Per FTC regulations, I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
I think one of the most incredible things about this book is that this history has happened in my lifetime. I grew up despising Khomeini and Iran because they hated America. As with most things, time has eased this tension, and even though I'm still not a huge fan of Khomeini, I see through his book that he merely played a role in history and, by and large, he seemed mostly an unwilling participant, albeit a significant one. Buchan has done an outstanding job in his description of events throughout history that led to the Iranian Revolution. I now have a clearer understanding of events, what happened, who was involved, etc. Only 4 stars because there was a section where the "cast of characters" became simply too entangled and lengthy to remember who was who. Anyway, I recommend this book to anyone who lived through this era, and certainly to people who "hate Iran."
I think one of the most incredible things about this book is that this history has happened in my lifetime. I grew up despising Khomeini and Iran because they hated America. As with most things, time has eased this tension, and even though I'm still not a huge fan of Khomeini, I see through his book that he merely played a role in history and, by and large, he seemed mostly an unwilling participant, albeit a significant one. Buchan has done an outstanding job in his description of events throughout history that led to the Iranian Revolution. I now have a clearer understanding of events, what happened, who was involved, etc. Only 4 stars because there was a section where the "cast of characters" became simply too entangled and lengthy to remember who was who. Anyway, I recommend this book to anyone who lived through this era, and certainly to people who "hate Iran."