The Shah

ISBN-13: 9780230340381 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 496 str.

Abbas Milani

Opis

Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, remains relevant today. He was a social reformer, a romantic egomaniac, and a deeply conflicted man and leader. 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--he built schools, increased equality for women, and greatly reduced the power of the Shia clergy. He made Iran a global power 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 United States and Iran to where they are today.

Spis treści

Introduction
The Flying Dutchman: Shah in Egypt and Morocco
Early Childhood
Days as Crown Prince
Joyful Juvenilia: Crown Prince in Switzerland
The Shadow of Patriarch: 1937 - 1941
Early Years on the Throne
Azerbaijan and the Early Genesis of the Cold War
The Shah and Mossadeq
The CIA Coup
Consolidation of Power: 1953 - 1960
The Kennedy Years: 1961 - 1963
The White Revolution: 1963
The Golden Years: 1964 - 1971
The Shah and the Politics of Oil
The Perfect Spy: The Shah and the KGB
The Carter Years
The Revolution
The Flying Dutchman

O autorze

Abbas Milani is a historian, Iranologist, and author. He is the Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and
co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution. Milani has written for publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, and NPR, among others. A member of the board of directors for the Iranian Studies Group at MIT, the San Francisco Chronicle has said of him that "he has the ear of Washington insiders".