Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup - Tapa dura

"Compelling... the West has handled its relationship with Iran as badly as possible... we have little leverage with its people...de Bellaigue's book goes far to explain why."--Max Hastings, Sunday Times (London)

"A timely book...elegantly written...feels both fresh and relevant...highlights the dangers of a foreign policy that ignores the perceptions of those with memories longer than our own."--The Guardian

"Superbly timed...portrays some fascinating, and often farcical, stories of political life in Iran"--Independent

"ECONOMIST Tehran correspondent de Bellaigue uses plenty of local insight to provide general readers with an intriguing combination of biography, history and strategic study."--Kirkus Reviews

"Brilliant...A sweeping new biography...also a rich portrait of Iran amid the revolutionary upheaval of anti-colonial reform movements...-the antecedent, in many ways, of today's Middle East uprisings."--The Daily

."..thanks to veteran journalist Christopher de Bellaigue's brisk, engaging 300-page biography, Mossadegh's strange personality and at times baffling motives come into clearer focus."--The Daily Beast

"Superbly researched."--Huffington Post

"De Bellaigue's book is unsurpassed as a rounded portrait of Mossadegh."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

."..superbly researched..."--Huffington Post

"Portrayed by Bellaigue as a classic tragic hero...the book presents a nuanced portrait of an enigmantic man whose brilliance and fairmindedness fatally collided with his pride and rigidity."--Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post

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. 25,000 first printing.