How Mohammed-Reza Shah’s close relationship with the US and his desire for autocratic rule sowed the seeds for the collapse of the Pahlavi dynasty and helped foment the Iranian revolution of 1979.
The Rise of Modern Despotism in Iran: The Shah, the Opposition, and the US, 1953-1968
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£35.00
Edition:Hardback978086154142304/11/2021
Categories: 02. Books for Christmas 2021: History, Books for Christmas 2021, History
Tag: Middle East
From a Bookshelf nearby
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A new translation of the Syrian poet's extraordinary magnum opus, originally published in Beirut in the 1960s.
Songs of Mihyar the Damascene
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The Making the Modern Middle East
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Scholarly and readable account of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who made the Ottoman Empire a major global player.
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