"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. 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. "--
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ISBN:9780805098983 (electronic book)
ISBN:9780805098976 (hardback)
Physical Description:xviii, 587 pages: 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. Bibliography and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
People -- Events of the 1978-1979 revolution -- Introduction: Back to Cairo -- The Shah -- Crown and kingdom -- The Old Lion -- Farah Diba -- The Ayatollah -- "Javid Shah!" -- Royals and rebels -- The camp of gold cloth -- The Pahlavi progress -- Emperor of oil -- The turning -- Thirsty for martyrdom -- Last days of Pompeii -- Lights over Niavaran -- The caravan passes -- Five days in May -- Into the storm -- Ramadan rising -- The great terror -- Black Friday -- State of siege -- Tehran is burning -- Sullivan's folly -- Swept away -- Flight of the eagle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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