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The life and times of the Shah / Gholam Reza Afkhami.
| Author/creator | Afkhami, Gholam R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xvii, 713 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-678) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008015848 |
| ISBN | 9780520253285 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520253280 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520253292 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520253299 (pbk. : alk. paper) |