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Shah of Shahs

by Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Publisher Comments:

In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into "a second America in a generation," only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution.

Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

Review:

"A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd." —New Republic

"Like Sir Richard Butron, Evelyn Waugh and Mungo Park, [Kapuscinski] makes literature out of journalism." —Newsweek

"Insightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant." —The New York Times Book Review

"A supercharged particle of a book." —Los Angeles Times

Synopsis:

In this book, the author brings a mythographer's perspective and novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into 'a second America in a generation', only to be toppled virtually overnight.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679738015
Author:
Kapuscinski, Ryszard
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
General
Subject:
Middle East
Subject:
Middle East - Iran
Subject:
Middle East - General
Subject:
Iran
Subject:
History
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Iran History 20th century.
Subject:
Iran History Revolution, 1979.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Vintage Intl
Publication Date:
February 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.99x5.18x.45 in. .42 lbs.

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