TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frye,Richard N.
TI  - Persia (RLE Iran A)
T2  - Routledge Library Editions: Iran
SN  - 9781136841552
AV  - DS254.5 
U1  - 955 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Taylor & amp; Francis
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Iran
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History
KW  - Histoire
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - PERSIA; Copyright; Persia; Copyright; Preface; Contents; CHAPTER I Deserts and Mirages; CHAPTER II The Charisma of the King of Kings; CHAPTER III Cultural Syncretism; CHAPTER IV The Flowering of Literature; CHAPTER V Dualism in Faith; CHAPTER VI Half the World is Isfahan; CHAPTER VII The Overdeveloped Occident; CHAPTER VIII The End of an Epoch; CHAPTER IX The New Iran; APPENDIX; I: Selected Figures in the Development of Iran; II: Chronology of Important Events; III: The National Dynasties of Iran; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
N2  - This volume is a fascinating portrait of a part of the world uneasily balanced between many loyalties - East and West, European and Arabic. The coronation of the Shah in 1967 marked the end of the need for foreign aid, and Iran emerged from her struggles to become the leading nation in the Middle East. Written before the crippling Iran-Iraq war broke out, this book looked forward to Iran's great future, which, in the author's opinion, could only be achieved if she broke with her traditions to form a new material and spiritual synthesis
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