An edition of The life and times of the Shah, 1919-1980
(2008)
The life and times of the Shah, 1919-1980
by Gholam R. Afkhami
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A personal and political biography of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran.
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The life and times of the Shah, 1919-1980
2008, University of California Press
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0520253280 9780520253285
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Notes on transliteration and translations
Father and son
The father
The man
Hard times
Ascending the throne
Azerbaijan
Nationalizing oil
Toward the Abyss
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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
Brief chronology of the Pahlavi Dynasty
Appendix 1 : Iran's prime ministers under the Shah
Appendix 2 : principles of Iran's white revolution
Appendix 3 : U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941/1979.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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