Rise And Fall Of The Shah

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Angus And Robertson
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1980
Edition: First Edition

Description: 279 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: On November 4, 1979, when students occupied the American Embassy in Tehran and subsequently demanded that the United States return the Shah in exchange for hostages, the deposed Iranian rulers regime became the focus of worldwide scrutiny and controversy. But, as Amin Saikal shows, this was far from the beginning of Irans troubles. Saikal examines the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, especially from 1953 to 1979, in the context of his regimes dependence on the United States and his dreams of transforming Iran into a world power. Saikal argues that, despite the Shahs early achievements, his goals and policies were full of inherent contradictions and weaknesses and ultimately failed to achieve their objectives. Based on government documents, published and unpublished literature, and interviews with officials in Iran, Britain, and the United States, The Rise and Fall of the Shah critically reviews the domestic and foreign policy objectives—as well as the behavior—of the Shah to explain not only what happened, but how and why. In a new introduction, Saikal reflects on what has happened in Iran since the fall of the Shah and relates Irans past to its political present and future.

ISBN: 0207144125