false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171132180m/88271.jpg 88271 4 <B>The <I>New York Times</I> bestseller: "Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes."&#151;Max Rodenbeck, <I>New York Review of Books</I></B><BR><BR>Profiled on the front page of the <I>Wall Street Journal</I>, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (<I>Wall Street Journal</I>). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (<I>Washington Post</I>), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences&#151;from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon. This paperback edition features a new foreword for 2007. 85180 2006 The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future total:262|5:56|4:117|3:66|2:16|1:7| 262 985 466 61 5 1 false false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 11 07:41:15 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 20:45:56 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 31 09:01:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 09:01:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:17:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:25:37 -0700 2009 -Lack of Arabic sources
-Lack of balance leaning obviously toward a Shia perspective

it does provide a much needed and refreshingly different look at politics and history in the Middle East. Having been a student of "...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:35:26 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:38:35 -0700 2009 1) Sunni fundamentalism supercharges the salience of Shi'a identity throughout the Muslim world
2) The war in Iraq provides an example of what democracy can do for Shi'a populations.

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