Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran 9780755611843, 9781860644078

How did Iran's clergy justify their country's devastating eight-year war with Iraq? Seeking to rationalize Ira

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Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran
9780755611843, 9781860644078

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