Table of Contents

An evolving regime; Reagan and Khomeini; Reagan short-circuits Carter; face off with the Mullahs; Saddam Hussein and Khomeini; a generally expedient war; the Iraq attack; war - a blessing for the Mullahs; enter the superpowers; the Army at the eye of every storm; January 1981 - despotism takes root; Iranian society in torment; towards confrontation with Khoneimi; May 1981 - peace in sight; Khomeini undecided; removal from office or coup d'Etat; toward perpetual war; 1982-1985 - Khomeini pulls the strings; the regime vacillates; Khomeini swallows the poison of defeat.