Guardian of the Revolution by Ray Takeyh

Guardian of the Revolution by Ray Takeyh

A boy by the name of Ruhollah Khomeini was born in 1902. Who knew that this individual would revolutionize the world and change not just Iran but also the greater Middle East?

Khomeini put the ideas of religion and the ideas of nationalism as one. If you are not a nationalist then you are not religious, and if you are not religious then you are not a nationalist of Iran.

To Khomeini religion and nationalism was one in the same.

To understand the Islamic Repulbic and its perception of the international system, one must understand Khomeini’s

Political maturity

Uncanny ability to develop a revolutionary coalition

Consolidation of power