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The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution
Who lost Iran? How and why did a country, never richer, never more educated, its women never more liberated, erupt in a fundamentalist revolution?. The answer can be found in the enthralling life and tragic death of one man. Amir Abbas Hoveyda was a central figure in the historic struggle between modernity and tradition in Iran--a struggle pitting Western cosmopolitanism a...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
October 1st 2003
by Mage Publishers
(first published 2000)
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An academic well written biography, almost like a novel. Amir Abbas Hoveyda was the long time prime minister of the last shah in Iran. No other was at the position longer than him (13 y.) since the Constitutional Revolution in 1906. He then became excecuted by Islamic revolutioners in 1979. I highly recommend the to those who are interested in recent history and current situation in Iran.
می دانم که معمای هویدا به زبان فارسی در ایران منتشر شده است. نمی دانم اما با آن نسخه ی فارسی چاپ پاریس...more
می دانم که معمای هویدا به زبان فارسی در ایران منتشر شده است. نمی دانم اما با آن نسخه ی فارسی چاپ پاریس...more
excellent insite in Iranian politics and ethics during the Pahlavi. Also explains Mr Hoveyda's masterful yet naiive approach to non-Iranians and Iranians that ultimately contributed to his demise!
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من اين كتاب رو سه چهار سال پيش خوندم
بعد ها با خوندن يك مقاله از بهنود به اين نتيجه رسيدم كه گور باباي تمام آدماهي انقلابي رو كرده
چرا كه اول و اخر هر انقلاب و ذات هر انقلابي فاشيستي بودنه
چون كشت و كشتار داره
ديدم نسبت به اين مرد خيلي عوض شده
او يك سكولار بود و تنها به ايران مي انديشيد چه اسلامي و چه غير اسلامي ان
بعد ها با خوندن يك مقاله از بهنود به اين نتيجه رسيدم كه گور باباي تمام آدماهي انقلابي رو كرده
چرا كه اول و اخر هر انقلاب و ذات هر انقلابي فاشيستي بودنه
چون كشت و كشتار داره
ديدم نسبت به اين مرد خيلي عوض شده
او يك سكولار بود و تنها به ايران مي انديشيد چه اسلامي و چه غير اسلامي ان
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An objective book about Hoveyda. Milani's command of english is amazing! ... I liked it as it gave me an insight to the Shah's regime and also the person of Hoveyda and his ultimately sad end. Can't accept his defense that he was only following the orders of the Shah ... after all he could have resigned ... but still I come out feeling sympathetic towards him as a flawed but ultimately good human being.
A must read about Iran's modern history and the story of Hoveyad - Shah's last prime minister......I was only 8 when that all happened so reading them from different point of view was very interesting.
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one of the best books i have read in my life .
its pushing me to the past
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Abbas Milani is the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and a visiting professor in the department of political science. In addition, Dr. Milani is a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. His expertise is U.S./Iran relations, Iranian cultural, political, and security issues.
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