The Shah
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0230340385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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He made Iran a global power and nationalized his country's many natural resources. Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, remains relevant today. Milani reveals the complex and sweeping road that would bring the United States and Iran to where they are today.. The Shah's was a life filled with contradictionhe built schools, increased equality for women, and greatly reduced the power of the Shia clergy. But he was deeply conflicted and insecure in his powerful role. Intolerant of political dissent, he was eventually overthrown by the very people whose loyalty he so desperately sought. He was a social reformer, a romantic egomaniac, and a deeply conflicted man and leader. Here, internationally respected author Abbas Milani gives us the definitive biography, more than ten years in the making, of the monarch who shaped Iran's modern age and with it the contemporary politics of the Middle East. This comprehensive and gripping account shows us how Iran went from politically moderate monarchy to totalitarian Islamic republic
Excellent historical analysis and account of the Shah's reign. Kersi Von Zerububbel A month or so ago I was reading about the suicide of one of the Shah's sons in Boston. This rekindled my interest in the Shah and his reign. In India, I recall it was a *big deal* amongst Zoroastrians when the Shah married Soraya and since my ancestors were originally from Persia (Iran) I looked aroun. Brilliant! Abbas Milani at his best! Abbas Milani in beautiful prose provides an in-depth overview of the Shah's rise and fall in an objective manner relying on primary sources (declassified documents), diary letters, and interviews with the people involved and in close proximity within the Shah's regime. I understand that some monarchis. So bias it becomes slow and boring This is an anti_Shah book. The author manipulates facts so he can be 'write' about how 'wrong' and inappropriate the Shah was. He is so anti Shah one thinks the author was jealous of him. He seems to sympathise even with all the conflicting forces in the history but with the Shah and refuses to analys
But as this biography reveals, this accumulation of authority was more a function of the Shah's lifelong distrust of all around him than it was any indication of skill in governing, or of genuine control. Yet the thicket of biographical detail can leaves the reader longing for more analysis. All rights reserved. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. Milani regularly mentions the Shah's flights of mysticism, for instance, but doesn't place them in any context: was the Shah delusional, or is talk of divine inspiration common in Iranian political discourse? Or both? Milani's book is a good source on the life of one of the 20th century's more enigmatic figures--good enough to pique the reader's frustration that it isn't great. . From Publishers Weekly Over the course of almo