The Last Shah

Author : Ray Takeyh
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300217797

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The Last Shah by Ray Takeyh Pdf

The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries "An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they belong: at center stage."--Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal "For the clearest view of Iran for the last 100 years, this book is it."--Marvin Zonis, author of Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power. This revolution was not, as many believe, the popular overthrow of a powerful and ruthless puppet of the United States; rather, it followed decades of corrosion of Iran's political establishment by an autocratic ruler who demanded fealty but lacked the personal strength to make hard decisions and, ultimately, lost the support of every sector of Iranian society. Esteemed Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh provides new interpretations of many key events--including the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini--significantly revising our understanding of America and Iran's complex and difficult history.

Author : Andrew Scott Cooper
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805098983

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The Fall of Heaven by Andrew Scott Cooper Pdf

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah, Iranian revolutionaries and US officials from the Carter administration In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws the turbulence of the post-war era during which the Shah survived assassination attempts and coup plots to build a modern, pro-Western state and launch Iran onto the world stage as one of the world's top five powers. Readers get the story of the Shah's political career alongside the story of his courtship and marriage to Farah Diba, who became a power in her own right, the beloved family they created, and an exclusive look at life inside the palace during the Iranian Revolution. Cooper's investigative account ultimately delivers the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty through the eyes of those who were there: leading Iranian revolutionaries; President Jimmy Carter and White House officials; US Ambassador William Sullivan and his staff in the American embassy in Tehran; American families caught up in the drama; even Empress Farah herself, and the rest of the Iranian Imperial family. Intimate and sweeping at once, The Fall of Heaven recreates in stunning detail the dramatic and final days of one of the world's most legendary ruling families, the unseating of which helped set the stage for the current state of the Middle East.

Author : William Shawcross
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671687458

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The Shah's Last Ride by William Shawcross Pdf

From Simon & Schuster, The Shah's Last Ride is William Shawcross' unforgettable work of exile and American foreign policy. The acclaimed author of Sideshow, The Shah's Last Ride captures the behind-the-scenes drama of the Shah of Iran's strange journey into exile—and its crucial impact on American foreign policy and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Author : Dalia Sofer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374721879

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Man of My Time by Dalia Sofer Pdf

One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2020. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. "Finely wrought, a master class in the layering of time and contradiction that gives us a deeply imagined, and deeply human, soul." --Rebecca Makkai, The New York Times Book Review From the bestselling author of The Septembers of Shiraz, the story of an Iranian man reckoning with his capacity for love and evil Set in Iran and New York City, Man of My Time tells the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world around him. After decades of ambivalent work as an interrogator with the Iranian regime, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New York, where he encounters his estranged family and retrieves the ashes of his father, whose dying wish was to be buried in Iran. Tucked in his pocket throughout the trip, the ashes propel him into a first-person excavation—full of mordant wit and bitter memory—of a lifetime of betrayal, and prompt him to trace his own evolution from a perceptive boy in love with marbles to a man who, on seeing his own reflection, is startled to encounter someone he no longer recognizes. As he reconnects with his brother and others living in exile, Hamid is forced to reckon with his past, with the insidious nature of violence, and with his entrenchment in a system that for decades ensnared him. Politically complex and emotionally compelling, Man of My Time explores variations of loss—of people, places, ideals, time, and self. This is a novel not only about family and memory but about the interdependence of captor and captive, of citizen and country, of an individual and his or her heritage. With sensitivity and strength, Dalia Sofer conjures the interior lives of the “generation that had borne and inflicted what could not be undone.”

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804153508

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Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski Pdf

In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution.Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

Author : Stephen Kinzer
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0471678783

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All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer Pdf

This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real-life espionage thriller.

Author : Firdawsī
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0670034851

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Shahnameh by Firdawsī Pdf

A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Farah Pahlavi
Publisher : Miramax Books
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1401359612

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An Enduring Love by Farah Pahlavi Pdf

A moving story of the former Empress of Iran -- now in paperback. At the age of twenty-one, Farah Diba married the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. A loving marriage, the raising of four children, and a devotion to social and cultural causes marked her early years as queen, although there were already signs of grave national diversions on the horizon. Twenty years later the dream had turned into a nightmare: demonstrations and riots shook the country, and Farah and the Shah decided to leave in order to avoid bloodshed. With the hardcover publication of An Enduring Love, a New York Times bestseller (extended list) in 2004, Farah Diba, wife of the last emperor of Iran, broke her silence and told the wrenching story of her love for a man and his country. Her compelling memoir offers an intimate view of a time of upheaval, but stands above all as a powerful human document from one whose life was caught up in an epic and tragic national struggle.

Author : Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Iran)
Publisher : Michael Joseph
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081174729

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The Shah's Story by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Iran) Pdf

Author : Gholam Reza Afkhami
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520942165

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The Life and Times of the Shah by Gholam Reza Afkhami Pdf

This epic biography, a gripping insider's account, is a long-overdue chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. Gholam Reza Afkhami uses his unparalleled access to a large number of individuals—including high-ranking figures in the shah's regime, members of his family, and members of the opposition—to depict the unfolding of the shah's life against the forces and events that shaped the development of modern Iran. The first major biography of the Shah in twenty-five years, this richly detailed account provides a radically new perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, U.S.-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. It also sheds new light on what now drives political and cultural currents in a country at the heart of today's most perplexing geopolitical dilemmas.

Author : Mohammad R. Pahlavi
Publisher : Stein & Day Pub
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Iran
ISBN : 0812861388

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Answer to History by Mohammad R. Pahlavi Pdf

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the deposed Shah of Iran, addresses questions about his country, his regime, and international politics in an account of his life and political career

Author : Abbas Milani
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780230115620

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The Shah by Abbas Milani Pdf

The definitive biography of the last Shah of Iran, tracing his dramatic rise and fall and his role in the creation of the contemporary Islamic Republic. Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, the life of Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, continues to resonate today. Here, internationally respected author Abbas Milani gives us the definitive biography, more than ten years in the making, of the monarch who shaped Iran's modern age and with it the contemporary politics of the Middle East. The Shah's was a life filled with contradiction—as a social reformer he built schools, increased equality for women, and greatly reduced the power of the Shia clergy. He made Iran a global power, courting Western leaders from Churchill to Carter, and nationalized his country's many natural resources. But he was deeply conflicted and insecure in his powerful role. Intolerant of political dissent, he was eventually overthrown by the very people whose loyalty he so desperately sought. This comprehensive and gripping account shows us how Iran went from politically moderate monarchy to totalitarian Islamic republic. Milani reveals the complex and sweeping road that would bring the U.S. and Iran to where they are today.

Author : Roham Alvandi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190610685

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Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah by Roham Alvandi Pdf

Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah offers a detailed account of three key historical episodes in the Nixon-Kissinger-Pahlavi partnership that shaped the global Cold War far beyond Iran's borders. It examines the emergence of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf as the Nixon administration looked to the shah to fill the vacuum created by the British withdrawal from the region in 1971. It then turns to the peak of the partnership after Nixon and Kissinger's historic 1972 visit to Iran, when the shah succeeded in drawing the United States into his covert war against Iraq in Kurdistan. Finally, it focuses on the decline of the partnership under Nixon's successor, Gerald Ford, through a history of the failed negotiations from 1974 to 1976 for an agreement on U.S. nuclear exports to Iran. Taken together, these episodes map the rise of the fall of Iran's Cold War partnership with the United States during the decade of superpower détente, Vietnam, and Watergate.

Author : Jerry Green
Publisher : Pulp Hero Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1683902092

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Devotion by Jerry Green Pdf

A Man of Devotion As the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts for the last Shah of Iran, Mehrdad Pahlbod's life was entangled with royalty, celebrity, and finally revolution. His story spans the rise and fall of a dynasty--yet it's also a story of love and loyalty during a pivotal moment in Iranian history. "Please don't come back to Iran," the Shah told Mehrdad, "the political climate has become too dangerous." Mehrdad Pahlbod, a man who revered, honored, and served his Shah and country, realized he could never return to the land he loved. At the age of nineteen Mehrdad met a young lady who would change his life forever--Princess Shams Pahlavi, the older sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the future Shah of Iran. Eight years later they wed. Mehrdad was later appointed by the Shah to oversee the Department of Fine Arts, an organization he would expand into the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. With the Shah's blessing and leadership, Mehrdad helped focus an international spotlight on his beloved country. Although Mehrdad was born into an average, middle-income family, he rose to one of the most esteemed positions in the country which landed him in the courts of royalty, presidents, and emperors. The diverse ministry also allowed him to meet and mingle with Hollywood's greatest celebrities. His life was filled with excitement, intrigue, and blessing, yet through it all he remained devoted to his wife, his family, his King, and his country.

Author : John Ghazvinian
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307271815

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America and Iran by John Ghazvinian Pdf

"A history of the relationship between Iran and America from the 1700s through the current day"--