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The life and times of the Shah / Gholam Reza Afkhami.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2009.Description: 713 p.; ill. [6] s. of plates; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520253280 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520253285 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520253299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520253292 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 955.053092
LOC classification:
  • 415 DS 318 M697A 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Notes on transliteration and translations -- Father and son -- The father -- Father and son -- The man -- Hard times -- Ascending the throne -- Azerbaijan -- Nationalizing oil -- Toward the Abyss -- TPAJAX. Securing the realm -- A new vista -- The white revolution -- Women and rights -- Mastering oil -- Commander-in-chief -- Development and dreams -- Gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear energy -- Revolution and irony -- Politics and terror -- SAVAK. A celebration and a festival -- The Rastakhiz party -- The gathering storm -- "I heard the message of your revolution". "Melting like snow". Exile -- Trek to nowhere -- The Ayatollah's shadow -- Almost bartered -- Closing in a dream -- Appendix 1 : Iran's prime ministers under the Shah, August 1941-February 1979. Appendix 2 : principles of Iran's white revolution -- Appendix 3 : U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979. Brief chronology of the Pahlavi Dynasty.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 415 DS 318 M697A 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000091566

Preface -- Notes on transliteration and translations -- Father and son -- The father -- Father and son -- The man -- Hard times -- Ascending the throne -- Azerbaijan -- Nationalizing oil -- Toward the Abyss -- TPAJAX. Securing the realm -- A new vista -- The white revolution -- Women and rights -- Mastering oil -- Commander-in-chief -- Development and dreams -- Gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear energy -- Revolution and irony -- Politics and terror -- SAVAK. A celebration and a festival -- The Rastakhiz party -- The gathering storm -- "I heard the message of your revolution". "Melting like snow". Exile -- Trek to nowhere -- The Ayatollah's shadow -- Almost bartered -- Closing in a dream -- Appendix 1 : Iran's prime ministers under the Shah, August 1941-February 1979. Appendix 2 : principles of Iran's white revolution -- Appendix 3 : U.S. Ambassadors to Iran, 1941-1979. Brief chronology of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

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