Description
| Product ID: | 9781786079855 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Radical Histories of the Middle East |
| Title: | Call to Arms: Iran’s Marxist Revolutionaries |
| Subtitle: | Formation and Evolution of the Fada'is, 1964–1976 |
| Authors: | Author: Ali Rahnema |
| Page Count: | 528 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Political science and theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political oppression and persecution, Revolutionary groups and movements, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Political science & theory, Marxism & Communism, Political oppression & persecution, Revolutionary groups & movements, Iran |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A groundbreaking study of the Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas, their ideology, actions and impact on the 1979 revolution On 8 February 1971, Marxist revolutionaries attacked the gendarmerie outpost at the village of Siyahkal in Iran’s Gilan province. Barely two months later, the Iranian People’s Fada’i Guerrillas officially announced their existence and began a long, drawn-out urban guerrilla war against the Shah’s regime. In Call to Arms, Ali Rahnema provides a comprehensive history of the Fada’is, beginning by asking why so many of Iran’s best and brightest chose revolutionary Marxism in the face of absolutist rule. He traces how radicalised university students from different ideological backgrounds morphed into the Marxist Fada’is in 1971, and sheds light on their theory, practice and evolution. While the Fada’is failed to directly bring about the fall of the Shah, Rahnema shows they had a lasting impact on society and they ultimately saw their objective achieved. |
| Imprint Name: | Oneworld Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-01-07 |
