The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution by Abbas Milani

The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution

Abbas Milani

402 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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Amir Abbas Hoveyda was a central figure in the historic struggle between modernity and tradition in Iran-a struggle pitting Western cosmopolitanism against Persian isolationism, secularism against religious fundamentalism, and ultimately civil soc...

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