PATRIOT PERSIA: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup - Tapa blanda

"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

"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

"A compelling biography... Bellaigue...writes with economy and a lightly ironic touch...The result is a three-dimensional profile of Mossadegh that contrasts sharply with the heroic democrat mythologized by his supporters."--Wall Street Journal

"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

"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)

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

"Brilliant...deft...De Bellaigue, fluent in Farsi, draws on previously unused Iranian sources to bring Mossadegh to vivid life...De Bellaigue's powerful portrait is also a timely reminder that further Western recklessness toward Iran...would only pile tragedy upon tragedy."--Roger Cohen, New York Review of Books

"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

"Authoritative...a politically astute biography"--Pankaj Mishra, London Review of Books

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

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.