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Ryszard Kapuściński
ISBN # : 9780330291224
Publisher: Picador
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"Shah of Shahs" depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. Here, Kapuscinski describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power - a vain hope that proves a complete failure. Yet, even as Iran becomes a behemoth of riches' and as the Shah lives like a European billionaire, its people live in a climate of fear, terrorized by the secret police. Told with intense power and feeling, Kapuscinski portrays the inevitable build-up to revolution - a cataclysmic upheaval that delivered Iran into the rule of the Ayatollah Khomeini.

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zafar iqbal

It is not a biography or an analysis of Reza Shah Phelvi’s times. It is a look at that very turbulent time in Iranian history when the people rose up against the tyranny and excesses of Reza Shah and his “petro-bourgeois”. The book is a look at Iranian Revolution through the lens of author’s notes and personal observations. It is a very readable book with a clear look at the human tragedy and socio-political backdrop of the Revolution.

zafar iqbal

It is not a biography or an analysis of Reza Shah Phelvi’s times. It is a look at that very turbulent time in Iranian history when the people rose up against the tyranny and excesses of Reza Shah and his “petro-bourgeois”. The book is a look at Iranian Revolution through the lens of author’s notes and personal observations. It is a very readable book with a clear look at the human tragedy and socio-political backdrop of the Revolution.

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