The fall of heaven : the Pahlavis and the final days of imperial Iran

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"Recent instability in the Middle East has led Iranians and scholars to reexamine the infamous legacy of the last Emperor of Iran. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi has been widely denounced as a brutal and corrupt dictator, but he arguably launched Iran onto the world stage as a modern state. In this deeply human portrait, Andrew Scott Cooper illuminates one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities. The Fall of Heaven gives us exclusive acc...

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Farah, Empress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1938-

Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980

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ISBN:

9781250304858

Edition:

First Picador edition

Description:

xviii, 587 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-565) and index

Contents:

People
Events of the 1978-1979 revolution
Looking for rain. 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
Farewell the Shah. 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

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3077393

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