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Life and Times of the Shah
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This biography is a chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. It depicts the unfolding of the Shah's life against the forces and...
This biography is a chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. It depicts the unfolding of the Shah's life against the forces and events that shaped the development of modern Iran.
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- English
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- [Berkeley] : University of California Press, 2009
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9780520942165, 0520942167, 9780520253285, 0520253280
- OCLC
- on1076725348
- Father and son. The father ; Father and son ; The man -- Hard times. Ascending the throne ; Azerbaijan ; Nationalizing oil ; Toward the Abyss ; TPAJAX -- Securing the realm. A new vista ; The white revolution ; Women and rights ; Mastering oil ; Commander-in-chief ; Development and dreams ; Gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear energy -- Revolution and irony. Politics and terror ; Savak ; A celebration and a festival ; The Rastakhiz party ; The gathering storm ; "I heard the message of your revolution" ; "Melting like snow" -- Exile. Trek to nowhere ; The Ayatollah's shadow ; Almost bartered ; Closing in a dream -- Appendix 1. Iran's Prime Ministers under the Shah, August 1941-February 1979 -- Appendix 2. Principles of Iran's white revolution -- Appendix 3. U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979