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''The Persian Sphinx'' is a political biographical book that provides full biography of Amir Abbas Hoveyda, who was the longest serving prime minister of Iran from 1965 to 1977 during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Hoveyda was executed in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.〔 〕 Full title of the 399-page book is ''The Persian Sphinx. Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution: A Biography''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://books.google.com.tr/books/about/The_Persian_Sphinx.html?id=VsCJK-c87oQC&redir_esc=y )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/persian-sphinx/oclc/491803744 )〕 The author of the book is Abbas Milani. ==Title and content== The title of the book makes an analogy between Hoveyda and sphinx which is a figure used in Persian art and sculpture. Sphinx is "a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings." The book provides a detailed biography of Hoveyda from his childhood in a middle-class family with aristocratic roots, his education at distinguished institutions in Beirut, London, and Brussels, his career, including his premiership (1965-1977), to his tragic end, death by execution in April 1979, following the 1979 revolution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Persian-Sphinx-Abbas-Milan/dp/1933823038 )〕 In addition to Hoveyda's life, the book uncovers the social developments in Iran from 1918 to 1978 and the relations between Iran and the US at this period of time.〔 The author compiled all information about Hoveyda through analysis of archival materials that had not been examined, Hoveyda's unpublished correspondences and diaries, and also through interviews with more than a hundred of his family members, friends, and others who did not share Hoveyda's views.〔 The last chapter of the book, which is about Hoveyda's trial, is based on the tapes recorded during the process.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hoveyda-amir-abbas )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Persian Sphinx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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