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Provides and illustration of the influence of myths in the history-in-the-making story of modern Iran.

Table of Contents

The Shah and the Ayatollah The Enduring Mythology of Persia The Unwritten Constitution and the "Hidden Imam" Tradition vs Renovation

About the Author

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.

Reviews

?[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