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100	1		_aTaheri, Amir. _965547
245	1	4	_aThe Persian Night : _bIran under the Khomeinist Revolution.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLa Vergne : _bEncounter Books, _c2010.
264		4	_c©2010.
300			_a1 online resource (433 pages)
336			_aText _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aComputermedien _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aOnline Resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aE-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- 22 -- 23 -- 24 -- 25 -- 26 -- 27 -- 28 -- 29 -- 30 -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aWho really rules Iran today? Are the men in official positions merely puppets activated by hidden hands? How are decisions made in a system that appears so chaotic at first glance? Is the current political structure doomed to conflict? These are some of the questions that Amir Taheri addresses in this riveting and timely book. An anatomy of one of the most secretive regimes in the contemporary world, The Persian Night traces the historical, religious, cultural, and political roots of the Khomeinist revolution and analyzes the way it has grown into a pseudo-religious ideology over the past three decades. Taheri dissects a regime that has hijacked a nation of seventy million people and mobilized its resources for global "holy war" against the United States and its allies. From Khomeini's "divine mission" to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's messianic campaign in the name of the "Hidden Imam," Iran is on a trajectory towards war. The Persian Night looks into the actual links between the Islamic Republic and terrorist networks including al-Qaeda and Hezballah; the reality of the Iranian nuclear program; the Islamic Republic's war-making capabilities and strategies; and the origins of the three Khomeinist phobias--women, Jews, and the United States. But as Taheri demonstrates, Khomeinism is not Iran. Today there are two competing Irans: the one manifested in the negative Khomeinist energies that have dragged the nation into its dark night; the other drawing from the long and celebrated history of Persian culture while extending a friendly hand to the West. Successive U.S. administrations, along with most European governments, have failed to understand the reality of the Khomeinist regime and at times have even aided its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, including a nuclear arsenal. Taheri provides a set of imaginative suggestions for more
520	8		_aeffective ways of dealing with Iran.
653			_aIran -- Politics and government -- 1997-.
653			_aIran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997.
653			_aIran -- History.
655			_aFernzugriff _9230
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aTaheri, Amir _tThe Persian Night _dLa Vergne : Encounter Books,c2010 _z9781594034794
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=908151 _zVolltext
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