"This book traces the essence of the Islamist Revolution from its origins in Egypt, through Najaf, Lebanon, Iran and the Iranian Revolution to today. Alastair Crooke presents a compelling account of the ideas and energy which are mobilising the Islamic world. The story of the emerging Islamist Revolution is largely one of an Islamic response to western thinking based around individualism and personal relationships with the divine, juxtaposed to the Islamist demand to place human values above politics and self-interest. Crooke argues that the West faces a mass mobilisation against the US-led Western project. The roots of this conflict are described in terms of religious themes that extend back over 500 years. They represent clashing systems of thinking and values. Islamists have a vision for the future of their own societies which would entail radical change from Western norms. Resistance is presented as the means to force Western behaviour to change and to expose the essential differences between the two modes of thinking." -- Publisher's description.

aIntroduction --- Part I. 1 In the Service of God and the Interests of the People --- Part II. 2. The Awakening of Resistance -- 3. Political Shi'ism -- 4. Social Revolution -- 5. God is a Liberal --- Part III. 6. A Culture of Willpower and Reason -- 7. Refusing Subservience --- Part IV. 8. Resistance and the Normalisation of Injustice -- 9. The Nature of Power -- 10. The Limits to the Present.