Germany and Iran : from the Aryan Axis to the nuclear threshold /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Küntzel, Matthias
Other Authors: Meade, Colin (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Candor, NY : Telos Press Publishing, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Imperial Germany, the Nazis, and Iran
  • The Persian corridor
  • Persia, the Kaiser and Jihad
  • Germany as the founder of Persian industry
  • The Aryan myth and the Twelfth Imam
  • Eichmann and the Iranian Jews
  • Germany and Iran in the Second World War
  • Part II. West Germany and the shah
  • No May 8th in Tehran
  • West Germany and Mohammed Reza
  • Part III. Theory and practice of the Khomeinist Revolution
  • The origins of Iranian Islamism
  • Khomeini
  • Holy war
  • Children of the minefield
  • Part IV. Germany and the Mullahs
  • The beautiful Sadegh
  • Genscher in Tehran
  • From Salman Rushdie to Ayaan Hirsi Ali
  • Mykonos: the moment of truth
  • The German-American rift
  • Khatami and the Berlin Conference
  • Ahmadinejad: "We love the Germans"
  • Chancellor Merkel: "Historical responsibility"
  • Part V. Berlin and the Iranian nuclear question
  • The Iranian bomb: a dream and a nightmare
  • The "protective shield"
  • Sanctions: "The west is divided"
  • In the whirlwinds of history
  • Epilogue: End of illusion.