Provides and illustration of the influence of myths in the history-in-the-making story of modern Iran.
The Shah and the Ayatollah The Enduring Mythology of Persia The Unwritten Constitution and the "Hidden Imam" Tradition vs Renovation
FEREYDOUN HOVEYDA is a Senior Fellow with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. He also is a former Iranian Ambassador to the UN (1971-1978). In 1972 and 1973, he chaired the UN Committee on International Terrorism created after the assassination of Israeli athletes at the Olympics in Germany. A widely published author of fiction and nonfiction, is Les neiges du Sinai won the Leopold Senghor Award in 1973.
?[i]ntriguing and thought provoking, ....a humbling warning that
trying to move ancient societies is pretty risky business.?-Middle
East Journal
?Although Hoveyda does not offer new historical information, his
rather unique approach to the long history of Iran makes the book
fascinating and provides a new way to look at Iranian history.
Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.?-Choice
"Ýi¨ntriguing and thought provoking, ....a humbling warning that
trying to move ancient societies is pretty risky business."-Middle
East Journal
"[i]ntriguing and thought provoking, ....a humbling warning that
trying to move ancient societies is pretty risky business."-Middle
East Journal
"Although Hoveyda does not offer new historical information, his
rather unique approach to the long history of Iran makes the book
fascinating and provides a new way to look at Iranian history.
Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."-Choice
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