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Melman, Yosi 1950-

The nuclear sphinx of Tehran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the state of Iran Yossi Melman and Meir Javedanfar - 1. Carroll & Graf ed. - XII, 285 S. Kt. 23cm graph. Darst., Kt., Tab., Lit.Hinw.

Inspired by hate and surrounded by fundamentalist leaders in a country that may soon possess nuclear weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses the most serious threat to world peace, even while he shrewdly manipulates public opinion at home. Until now, Americans have known little about him. Since his election in June 2005, Ahmadinejad has accelerated his country's nuclear research; called for the elimination of Israel; and failed the Iranian people, who elected him on a since-neglected domestic platform. In this first book about him, we see the forces that are bringing the world to the brink of another war in the Middle East. Written by an Iranian-born insider and a world-renowned intelligence expert, it offers the first full portrait of this former mayor of Tehran whose rural roots and vituperative populism catapulted him from obscurity to national leadership.--Publisher description

ISBN: 9780786718870 : £16.99 (hbk.) 0786718870 : £16.99 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2008299277

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013700134 UK

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--Iran--Biography
Nuclear weapons--Iran
Autoritarismus
Sicherheitspolitik
Außenpolitik
Internationale Politik

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biografie

LC Class. No.: DS318.84.A36

Dewey Class. No.: 955.0544092