Bibliograph

Patriot of Persia, Muhammad Mossadegh and a tragic Anglo-American coup, Christopher de Bellaigue

Type

Label

Patriot of Persia, Muhammad Mossadegh and a tragic Anglo-American coup, Christopher de Bellaigue

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Patriot of Persia

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Christopher de Bellaigue

Sub title

Muhammad Mossadegh and a tragic Anglo-American coup

Summary

A leading expert on Iran presents this first full-length biography of one of the first liberals in the Middle East and a remarkable patriot who embodied his nation's struggle for freedom, which led to his untimely demise and resulted in the Islamic Revolution of 1979

Table Of Contents

Father of the nation -- The unchanging East -- A silver spoon -- Fokoli -- Razing Caesarea -- Isolation -- The tragedy of Khadijeh -- The prize -- Victory or death -- Mossadeghism -- Winning America -- Rising Satan's donkey -- A coup of his own -- Mussy duck shoot -- Unperson -- A movement in men's minds

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